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Jan 1, 2011 at 7:11 PM Post #451 of 516
I have 2 DACs - not sure how to add to the list
 
1) PS Audio DL3 with Cullen 4 mods
2) W4S DAC2
 
Jan 1, 2011 at 7:40 PM Post #452 of 516


Quote:
I have 2 DACs - not sure how to add to the list
 
1) PS Audio DL3 with Cullen 4 mods
2) W4S DAC2


Just copy the list and paste it back and then add 1 to the totals of the DAC's you have.
 
 
Jan 2, 2011 at 4:47 PM Post #453 of 516
Entry-level: 269

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Echo Gina 3G (1)
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MF VDAC (11)
Moodlab Concept (3)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
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Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)  
Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)
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RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (6)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tascam US122L(1)
TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)
Tianyun Zero (6)
Theta DS Pro Basic (1)
Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)
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 (2)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)
 
Mid-level: 154

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Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)
Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Research Dac 1-20
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)
Benchmark DAC 1 (13)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)
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Cambridge Audio 840C (1)
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CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Counterpoint DA-10 (1)
EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (13)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (6)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)
Lavry DA10 (7)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)
MHDT Contstantine (2)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (2)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (3)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (2)
Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (2)
Presonus Central Station (3)
Proceed DAP (1)
PS Audio DLIII (17)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Sony DAS-702ES (1)
Stello DA100 (8)
Stello DA100 Signature (2)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)
Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)
 
High-End: 63

Abrahamsen V6 DAC 
Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)
Audio-gd Reference One (7)
Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)
Ayon Skylla (1)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (6)
Buffalo II (1)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Decware ZDAC-1 (2)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)
Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (3)
Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)
Logitech Transporter (2)
Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)
MBL 1511D (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 (2)
PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stax DAC Talent (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (1)


 
Jan 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM Post #454 of 516
Entry-level: 269

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Apogee Duet (5)
Asus Essence STX (7)
Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)
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Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
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Beresford TC-7510 (2)
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Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Centrance DACport (1)
Creative Xmod (2)
Devilsound DAC (1)
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Diyeden Great March II (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)
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Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier
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MF VDAC (11)
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RSA The Predator (6)
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Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
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Tascam US122L(1)
TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)
Tianyun Zero (6)
Theta DS Pro Basic (1)
Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)
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 (2)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)
 
Mid-level: 154

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
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Adcom GDA700 (2)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)
Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Research Dac 1-20
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)
Benchmark DAC 1 (14)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cambridge Audio 840C (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Counterpoint DA-10 (1)
EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (13)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (6)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)
Lavry DA10 (7)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)
MHDT Contstantine (2)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (2)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (3)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (2)
Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (2)
Presonus Central Station (3)
PS Audio DLIII (17)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Sony DAS-702ES (1)
Stello DA100 (8)
Stello DA100 Signature (2)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)
Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)
 
High-End: 63

Abrahamsen V6 DAC 
Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)
Audio-gd Reference One (7)
Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)
Ayon Skylla (1)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (6)
Buffalo II (1)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Decware ZDAC-1 (2)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)
Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (3)
Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)
Logitech Transporter (2)
Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)
MBL 1511D (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 (2)
PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stax DAC Talent (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (1)




 
Jan 2, 2011 at 7:10 PM Post #455 of 516
Entry-level: 269

Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (5)
Asus Essence STX (7)
Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)
Audio-gd Compass (21)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)
Audio-gd Sparrow (2)
Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)
AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (6)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Centrance DACport (1)
Creative Xmod (2)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Devilsound V2
Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)
Diyeden Great March II (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (8)
Headamp Pico dac only (11)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
Hot Audio DAC WOW
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (13)
iBasso D4 (4)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (5)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151 mkI (2)
Keces DA-151 mkII (6)
Lite DAC-AH (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
Little Dot DAC II (1)
M-audio transit (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)
Matrix Mini-i (2)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)
MF VDAC (11)
Moodlab Concept (3)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)  
Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (17)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (6)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tascam US122L(1)
TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)
Tianyun Zero (6)
Theta DS Pro Basic (1)
Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)
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 (2)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)
 
Mid-level: 154

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (1)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Adcom GDA700 (2)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)
Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Research Dac 1-20
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)
Benchmark DAC 1 (14)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cambridge Audio 840C (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Counterpoint DA-10 (1)
EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (13)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (6)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)
Lavry DA10 (7)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)
MHDT Contstantine (2)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (2)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (3)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (2)
Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (2)
Presonus Central Station (3)
PS Audio DLIII (18)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Sony DAS-702ES (1)
Stello DA100 (8)
Stello DA100 Signature (2)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)
Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)
 
High-End: 63

Abrahamsen V6 DAC 
Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)
Audio-gd Reference One (7)
Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)
Ayon Skylla (1)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
Buffalo Sabre32 (6)
Buffalo II (1)
Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
Decware ZDAC-1 (2)
Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)
Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)
Esoteric D-05 (1)
Esoteric D-70 (1)
Lavry DA11 (3)
Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)
Logitech Transporter (2)
Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)
MBL 1511D (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 (2)
PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stax DAC Talent (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (2)






 
Jan 30, 2011 at 1:41 PM Post #456 of 516
 
Entry-level: 272

Alien (1)
AOL Picollo DAC (1)
Apogee Duet (6)
Asus Essence STX (7)
Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)
Audio-gd Compass (21)
Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)
Audio-gd Sparrow (2)
Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)
AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)
Bantam (1)
Behringer DEQ2496 (2)
Behringer SRC2496 (1)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (6)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Creative Extigy (1)
Centrance DACport (1)
Creative Xmod (2)
Devilsound DAC (1)
Devilsound V2
Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)
Diyeden Great March II (1)
Echo Gina 3G (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)
EMU-0202 (1)
Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier
Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
Gamma1 (9)
Headamp Pico dac only (11)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)
Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
Hot Audio DAC WOW
HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
iBasso D10 (13)
iBasso D4 (4)
iBasso D3 (1)
iBasso D2 (5)
iBasso D1 (3)
Keces DA-151 mkI (2)
Keces DA-151 mkII (6)
Lite DAC-AH (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (6)
Little Dot DAC II (1)
M-audio transit (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)
Matrix Mini-i (2)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)
Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)
MF VDAC (11)
Moodlab Concept (3)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
Music Streamer+(2)
Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)  
Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)
Nuforce Icon (0)
Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
Nuforce Icon µDac (17)
RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
RSA The Predator (6)
Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
Silverstone EB01 (3)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)
Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
Tascam US122L(1)
TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)
Tianyun Zero (6)
Theta DS Pro Basic (1)
Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)
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 (2)
Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)
 
Mid-level: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Adcom GDA700 (2)
Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
Apuresound DAC (1)
Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)
Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)
Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
Audio Research Dac 1-20
Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)
Benchmark DAC 1 (14)
Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
Cambridge Audio 840C (1)
Cary Exciter (1)
C.E.C. DA53 (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
Counterpoint DA-10 (1)
EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (13)
Grace Design m902 (3)
Headroom Micro DAC (6)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)
Lavry DA10 (7)
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)
MHDT Contstantine (2)
MHDT Havana (5)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)
P1000 power base (1)
OMZ DAC (2)
Opus (2)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192mkI (3)
Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
Parasound DAC1600HD (2)
Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)
Peachtree Audio Nova (2)
Presonus Central Station (3)
PS Audio DLIII (18)
RME FireFace 400 (1)
Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
Sony DAS-702ES (1)
Stello DA100 (8)
Stello DA100 Signature (2)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
TADAC 2008 (1)
Wadia 12 (1)
Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)
Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)
 
High-End: 63

Abrahamsen V6 DAC 
Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)
Audio-gd Reference One (7)
Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)
Ayon Skylla (1)
Ayre USB DAC (1)
Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
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Stello DP200 (2)
Weiss DAC2 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (2)
 
Feb 14, 2011 at 1:59 PM Post #457 of 516
Entry-level: 272

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)
 
Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

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Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

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Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

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Hot Audio DAC WOW

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iBasso D10 (13)

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M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

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MF VDAC (11)

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Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

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Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

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 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-level: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (6)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (18)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (8)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End: 63

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (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 (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (2)
 
Feb 14, 2011 at 2:04 PM Post #458 of 516


Quote:
Entry-level: 273

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)
 
Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

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Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

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Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

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Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

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Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

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M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

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 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-level: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (6)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (18)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (8)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End: 63

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (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 (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (2)



 
Apr 22, 2011 at 10:28 PM Post #459 of 516
 
Entry-level: 273

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

 

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

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Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

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 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-level: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (6)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (18)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (9)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End: 63

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (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 (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (2)

 
Apr 23, 2011 at 9:02 AM Post #460 of 516
I take it that just because its entry level does not mean SQ is inferior to Mid or High-End.  If they are all price points, calling something High-End because of price tag alone is right.  It should be call High-Priced.
 
Apr 23, 2011 at 6:02 PM Post #461 of 516
frankly, I'm not at all sure what these distinctions are supposed to mean.  There's a lot of strange stuff in here.  A number of the mid-level dacs here have been reviewed sonically inferior to many of the low end, and many of the mid-level have been some of the high end.  So you'd think it's just price - but then the Gamma 2 is listed as Mid, when it's much less expensive than the Grace 902 right below it.  So this doesn't actually make any sense at all.  I'd just make a single alphabetical ranking. 
 
Apr 23, 2011 at 7:47 PM Post #462 of 516
I honestly have no idea whether the Yulong D100 should have low-end or mid-end
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Apr 23, 2011 at 8:50 PM Post #463 of 516
In my opinion, *-end should be determined based on price alone because price isn't subjective and we don't have to argue about it. It does, however, give off the misconception that you always get what you pay for, so just keep in mind it's not true.

Anyway, it ROUGHLY seems that low-end is ~$150, mid-end is $200-500 and high-end is often in the thousands.
 
Apr 23, 2011 at 9:15 PM Post #464 of 516
Entry-level: 274

Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

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 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-level: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

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