Figured I'd start an impressions thread on this remarkable piece of equiment.       There's not much feedback to be found on the internet, apart from a few reviews: 6moons: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/totaldac3/1.html stereotimes...

All information: http://www.totaldac.com   Semi DIY DAC, available fully built at EUR 3850   Discrete components DAC: R2R DAC with 0.01% Vishay foil resistors Clock and anti-jitter FIFO: it uses a buffer memory (FIFO) to store about 10ms of audio data at the digital source rhythm and...

Note from Arnaud: I am writing this on behalf of head-fi member Eric65, as he has difficulty communicating in English and his previous automatic translations from French to English using google haven't been too easy to digest. The original post is available...

What is general consensus on the best matching DAC for this popular combo? Have the phones and amp on order, need to decide on DAC, budget up to $5000. My options so far are Lampizator level 4, Metrum Octave/Hex and Schiit Gungnir.