Well I really don't have any prior gear as a reference point, but I do know that the sound is really muffled and sounds basically like a blanket is covering the speakers.

Sources include Sony CD Player (digital/analog outs), CD-ROM drive, mp3 and wav files ripped from my own CDs. From the computer the M-Audio Sonica is providing a Toslink jack connected by a Sound Professionals Glass Toslink to the MSB Link DAC III, connected by cheap RCA cables to the NAD C350...

I just purchased an M-Audio Sonica after hearing many good things about it, so that I could use the digital output and connect to the MSB Link III I also just bought. The thing is that I'm still really disappointed with the sound. Each time I added a better component I got mad because the...

So... where can I buy one? What's the best price on them that I can get?