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Originally Posted by MD1032
I've heard the Ultra Micro Dac... that sounded pretty good to me. What kind of advance in sound quality would the Max DAC present?
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Well it would provide RCA outs. That's the biggie for me.  It would also provide balanced outs. That's my all-important "justify another purchase because of upgrade path potential". 
But another thread here noted a few reasons why the Ultra Micros don't actually perform quite up to the Headroom Max Series. Circuitry differences in the implementation I believe. So it could also be even better for SQ...
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