There are tons of people out there who regard $1500 as small change and/or are using systems worth tens of thousands of dollars. I'm not one of them, for sure. Moreover, it does cost an arm and a leg to get that last few % improvement.

There's close to 100 posts concerning Amarra over here. Some of them did hear a noticeable better sound with the use of Amarra.

any more impressions?

Hey Currawong, noticed that you have replaced your previous Audiotrack Prodigy Cube->coax to a Cryoparts PCLink II -> optical. Any difference in the SQ? Also, will this type of conversion from a laptop/PC be a bottleneck?

Looking forward to your impression. Probably the first in this forum.

Quote: Originally Posted by Currawong Incidentally, a mate of mine, who's a hi-fi, though not head-fi nut just bought the "Berkeley DAC" and reckons it sounds natural in the same manner I was describing the Reference 1. Any chance of comparing your REF1 with his Berkeley DAC?

some initial impressions over here

Thanks for sharing. I'm seriously considering getting one pair for myself. =p

like what PPKiller asked earlier, is it possible to perform mods similar to that of xtrememusic to this Emu0404? mainly the replacement of JRC2068 to LM4562?