Well I couldn't wait so I pulled the trigger on the pre-order. Now I wait to see if my confidence in this decision grows or if it plunges into the ground
I haven't heard nearly enough DACs, so just going by what I have read across many forums and how I interpret comments and consider the person behind the opinions, I feel like I understand the difference between the Gumby and the Yggy (and I have heard the Yggy), and have a sense for how the Chord Mojo and Hugo sound. I am hoping the X-Sabre Pro has a personality closer to the Mojo and resolution closer to the Yggy. I know those are all DACs with a very different technical approach from the more conventional ESS based X-Sabre Pro, but there are traits I kind of like from the better ESS DACs I have heard a few generations ago so I am kind of hoping for some of the best of both worlds here with the latest and greatest from ESS and a best case engineering effort from the folks at Matrix Audio.