I think I pretty much have myself talked into buying this (more for the built-in DD/DTS decoding, but SACD is an added bonus). While reading the specs on Crutchfield, they mention "Audio Attenuation". Does it attenuate all of the outputs, or can you select which outputs are attenuated? Reason I...

I found a place selling these for $229+S&H. And I think it might be a worthy upgrade for that price. But I can't seem to figure out one thing...does it have built-in DTS decoding or not. I know someone on here has it (Vertigo?).

Since there is no definitive thread about this, I wouldn't mind getting one started. I understand that everyone hears different, but I wouldn't mind hearing what everyone else has used or is using (good or bad).

As the subject states, I just ordered it. As soon as I found out that it was supposed to work well with Grados, I had to get it. When I get it I will give a limited (I'm not good with those audiophile descriptions) comparison with a Creek OBH-11. Just in case this hasen't been brought up...

This is going to be a quicky review of the Monarchy DIP mk.1. I've owned it for about two months now. If you have an external DAC...BUY THIS!!! You can usually find them for ~$80 on audiogon. I also bought the Monarchy 18b DAC w/ piggy-backed R2R DACs. While this product did improve the...

This has nothing to do with headphones, but if anyone can answer my questions I'm sure you all can. I noticed that alot of their amps only output 8WPC-22WPC. Now, that to me doesn't seem very good. I was interested in their new "The Wave AV-8" monoblocks. Only $99 each. But they only put out...

I wasn't sure where to put this thread, so feel free to move it. Is there a ~$100 way to get into this (without buying complete crap)? Or is there just too much equipment to buy to get a decent sound?

Anyone have any experience with these? Specifically the 18b. I've read good reviews about it, but there are no comparisons to other DAC's that I'm looking at.

Preferably not at auction.

I've always pronounced it with an "ODD" sound (gr-odd-o). But when I ordered my 325's from soundseller.com the other day, the guy pronounced it like play-doh (gray-doh). So, which is it?

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I was browsing for info on portable units and came upon this: http://www.atman-usa.com/exec/SoftCa....html?E+pcrush Super-thin design, only 5/8 of an inch thick for convenient travel Plays DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, Video CD & CD discs Fully-featured for use as home DVD-Audio and DVD-Video...