Just as a small tip - despite those earlier posts, I would suggest you regard the term "Newfie" as a possible entrant into "the other N-word" category.  This has happened relatively recently - over the last 10 years or so - and a lot of people do still use the term, but in general the preferred...

Eastern Canada!  It is called a DAC 2.1 and was built from the online kit by a local guy - electrical engineer.  He did some upgrades to the standard AN kit but honestly, I am not sure what those were other than he spent about 500 bucks extra on the upgrades.   I`m pretty excited to give it a...

To be clear, I likely won't return it (I think it was about 13 or 14 days between my receipt and the new announcement).  I wanted something cheap for an office system.  I would have upgraded to the Modi Uber version had it been available at the time, as my budget was $150, but at this point I'd...

I heard an Audio Note DAC for the first time this weekend. Fantastic. Can't buy it but will get a chance to hear in my system for a couple days. I think I get what the R2R fuss is about. Would be very interested to see what OP thinks about the AN DACs.

Haha yes it's great for the $100 I paid.  I know someone has to be the last person to buy the old model, but it sucks when it happens to me.  Ahhh well. 

Sigh.  Just received a Modi for my office system last week.  Bleh.  Congrats on the new gear, though.  

Mac OS cannot output audio at greater than 24/96 via optical.  May not be an issue to you, just sayin.

I saw that site as well.  Let me know if the shipping was exorbitant.  :)

I'm really interested in seeing your overall costs & estimated build time.  Looks like the Dac60 can be found online for $400-$450 (unless I'm mistaken) so this could end up being a fun winter project.  :D

Do you use some sort of digital converter to get optical or coax input, or is there a USB option I don't see?

Very cool, great job - a good deal of work put into that.  Looks like coax and optical in?  What sort of sampling rates are supported?  (Understanding that it's definitely not the end-all approach it's now made out to be.)  Would love to hear if you have some modern-ish non-R2R DACs for direct...

Subscribed!  Cool stuff.

ADL GT40 alpha is probably what you're looking for.

Thanks folks - interested to hear some further comparisons when they arrive - I have been in the process of downsizing my stuff due to new baby and most of the Schiit gear fits the bill very well.  :D

I guess I meant that as a general rule, you cannot say: The ongoing work of DAC manufacturers to increasingly lower jitter to some astonishing rate is evidence that "async USB" is simply not some magic format.  So is the fact that many DACs do seem to sound better when using SPDIF or other...

Also interested in hearing about the BDA-2 vs. the Hex - I really enjoyed the Bryston DAC but have not heard the Hex.

  My understanding was that this feature is targeted as a warranty/comfort provision against DOA models - "we have run it for 100 hours and it is working great" - rather than any statement by Bryston to the effect that there is a change in sound quality at x hours.   Some people seem to be...

You can lump me in as a skeptic who does not believe in "significant changes after the first x hours" - I have always firmly thought that the Occam's razor answer is that it is our ears slowly adjusting to new equipment, and not the other way 'round.  (I should note that I have never bothered to...

Ahhhh I see - got it.  Interesting.

What I find most odd is that Schiit don't seem to make a preamp with more than one analog input (unless it's the integrated Rag).  So unless you have a dedicated turntable system, I guess you will require a non-Schiit preamp in order to integrate the Mani into an existing setup? 

It's pretty close....and keep in mind with the NAD M51 you're getting a stellar preamp and integrated remote control.