DAC popularity check
Mar 14, 2010 at 7:50 AM Post #331 of 516
Entry-level: 221
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Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (2)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (6)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (3)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (5)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (1)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 112
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Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (8)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (12)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
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Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i
 
Mar 14, 2010 at 7:58 AM Post #332 of 516
Entry-level: 222
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Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (2)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (3)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (5)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (1)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 113
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Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (9)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (12)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
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Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i
 
Mar 18, 2010 at 7:22 AM Post #333 of 516
Entry-level: 222
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Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (2)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (3)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 113
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Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (9)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (12)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
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Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i
 
Mar 18, 2010 at 5:04 PM Post #334 of 516
Entry-level: 222
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Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (2)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (3)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 114
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Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (9)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (12)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
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Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i
 
Mar 18, 2010 at 5:16 PM Post #335 of 516
Entry-level: 222
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Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (2)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (3)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 115
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Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (12)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
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Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i
 
Mar 18, 2010 at 5:28 PM Post #336 of 516
Entry-level: 223
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Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (3)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 115
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (12)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i
 
Mar 18, 2010 at 8:38 PM Post #337 of 516
Entry-level: 223
-----------
Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (3)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 116
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (12)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
 
Mar 23, 2010 at 12:58 AM Post #338 of 516
Entry-level: 223
-----------
Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (3)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 117
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (13)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
 
Mar 23, 2010 at 1:22 AM Post #339 of 516
Entry-level: 224
-----------
Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151 mkI (1)
Keces DA-151 mkII (4)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 117
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (13)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
 
Mar 23, 2010 at 3:03 PM Post #340 of 516
I'll put the NuForce HDP as a mid-level source, unless someone disagrees... but FWIR and from my personal experience, they definitely outperform the likes of Pico DAC and seems to be on more or less even terms with Benchmark DAC-1 and Apogee Mini DAC.

Entry-level: 224
-----------
Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151 mkI (1)
Keces DA-151 mkII (4)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 118
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (13)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
Nuforce HDP (1)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
 
Mar 23, 2010 at 3:51 PM Post #341 of 516
Wait, are the tiers based on subjective valuations or MSRP?

In either case, the categories are stupid. Save the rankings for comparative reviews that actually evaluate performance and qualify the ranks.
 
Mar 23, 2010 at 3:58 PM Post #342 of 516
There goes my Sony onto the list - a good unit, but maybe not in the last category.

Entry-level: 224
-----------
Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (18)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151 mkI (1)
Keces DA-151 mkII (4)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 119
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (13)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
Nuforce HDP (1)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Sony DAS-702ES (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
 
Mar 23, 2010 at 5:59 PM Post #343 of 516
Purchased a DacMagic in exchange for my iBasso D10 amp/DAC.
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Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (19)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (10)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151 mkI (1)
Keces DA-151 mkII (4)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 119
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (13)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
Nuforce HDP (1)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Sony DAS-702ES (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
 
Mar 23, 2010 at 9:21 PM Post #344 of 516
Entry-level: 226
-----------
Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (20)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151 mkI (1)
Keces DA-151 mkII (4)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 119
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (13)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
Nuforce HDP (1)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (1)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Sony DAS-702ES (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
 
Mar 24, 2010 at 1:54 PM Post #345 of 516
Entry-level: 226
-----------
Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (4)
Asus Essence STX (4)
Audio-gd Compass (19)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (3)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (5)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (3)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (20)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Creative Xmod (1)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (8)
EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (10)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (7)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (11)
iBasso D4 (1)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (4)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151 mkI (1)
Keces DA-151 mkII (4)
Lite DAC-AH (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
M-audio transit (1)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (4)
MF VDAC (9)
Moodlab Concept (2)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
Musiland Monitor 02 US (6)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (15)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (5)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tianyun Zero (5)
Travagan's Green (1)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (1)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)

Mid-level: 120
---------
Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3/DSP (10)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Benchmark DAC 1 (13)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (2)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Gamma-2 DAC (10)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (4)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (4)
Lavry DA10 (5)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (3)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +
Nuforce HDP (1)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (2)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (2)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (1)
Presonus Central Station (2)
PS Audio DLIII (13)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Sony DAS-702ES (1)
Stello DA100 (5)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

High-End: 47
---------
Abrahamsen V6 DAC
Audio-GD Reference One (7)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (5)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (5)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (1)
Logitech Transporter (1)
Modwright Transporter (1)
Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
North Star 192MkII DAC (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
 

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