Joe, did you feel sorry for me and my lone post? Hahaha.

You're quite right, AN made one of the first DACs with the 1543. The 1541A is out of production. 1543 is still going strong. Scott Nixon has a fantastic dac using it. It looks like I may end up scoring a Mission PCM 7000 which uses the TDA 1541 and one of Phillips best laser heads. The Arcam Alpha 5 is just out of my range...