I recently had to decommission my Mini-i. It kept powering down by itself. needed to literally pick it up a inch and drop it to get it back on again.    Popped the hood and discovered that several capacitors had popped. I'm now in the market for a new DAC :(   On the plus side, it did last...

$500 would be nice to stay under. I've been toying with the idea of cans such as the Sennheiser HD 800 or Tesla T1. So I'd be willing to drop a bit more money on the DAC/Headphone amp if it's really worth it. Products I've found so far that look far: Emotevia Stelth DC-1...

Thanks for the information! Any other suggestions?

Anyone have any good suggestions for me?

Sorry I initially missed the notice that I should post recommendation threads here and not in the full sized forum I had a Matrix Mini-i that started to randomly shut off. I popped the hood on it and it looks like there's several capacitors that have popped. Not happy about that, and matrix's...

Looks like the mini-i pro is a good option for my needs: http://matrix-digi-usa.com/mini-i-pro Even does DSD :)

That does look like a contender. I'm curious if there's anything else out there that would be a good fit for me.

That did initially look like a pretty decent DAC, but I've read some issues with the headphone jack not working and with some units the volume knob was a bit staticy. This leads me to believe that the TEAC uses a sub poor analog volume control. Over the years I've found that digital volume...

I had a Matrix Mini-i that started to randomly shut off. I popped the hood on it and it looks like there's several capacitors that have popped. Not happy about that, and matrix's after sale support was crap. (I had a issue where the amp would  sporadically turn on full blast regardless of volume...

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