I'll dig this one up too, I am curious about the typical quality of the headphone amp section in receivers.  I assume the headphone amp section is separate and apart from the regular power amp, and therefore wouldn't be directly proportional in quality (as in, a very nice integrated amp may not...

You're right, the Audio-GD site is scary!  Thank you so much for taking the time to respond, I really appreciate it.

Thanks, I appreciate your response.  The first post is a bit nerve-wracking!   I have read tons about each option, my big issue is that I'll read 20 or so pages about the D1 and get excited about it, then read 20 pages or so about the uDAC and get excited about that, and so on.  I guess I...

Anybody out there?

Also, I've read that the Maverick can't do 96/24, does that give the NuForce a significant advantage?   I like the idea of the Maverick's flexibility, and the ability to tinker with the tubes/opamps.  Also I was planning on hooking it up to 2 inputs on my Marantz so I could switch back and...

Hello, I managed to miss this (and I live 10 minutes outside of White Plains!!) :-( is there another event being planned?

This is actually my first post, I've been lurking quietly learning on here for almost 2 years. I am going nuts trying to decide what DAC to get!  I figured I'd post on here since I'm looking at basically these same DACs also considering the mini-i and HRT MusicStreamer II.   I currently have...