I ordered one this morning...I can't wait to take it for a spin when it arrives!!!

thanks, i'm leaning pretty heavily toward the dacmini!

eves,   i'm pretty much a newbie too, but i'm looking at getting my first dac/headphone amp combo. i'm leaning heavily towards the centrance dacmini cx. it's got pretty good reviews, you might want to check it out.   http://centrance.com/products/dacmini/  ...

ive started going through my albums and re-ripping 16bit / 44.1kHz AIFF files... i'm up to 62 albums/992 songs so far...i've got a lot to go...

Thanks guys for the responses.   Unfortunately, I live pretty far away from a high end audio store so auditioning isn't really an option for me.   Kenny, you lead into another couple of questions that I've been researching.   1. I'll be using my DAC with an iMac and a MacBook Pro...

Hey everybody!   I've been checking out the head-fi site for a few years off and on and finally decided to join. I'm currently using custom IEM Ulitmate Ears 5c as headphones hooked up directly to my computer. I use iTunes with a lot of content purchased from the iTunes music store. I've...