I have the Geek Out 1000, and the GO Special Edition. I don't know what, if any other improvements were made for the SE, but it does have the FEMTO clock, and I'm guessing that has the most to do with the better sound (and, it DOES sound much better). That should apply to using it in the DAC application. As far as balanced goes, that is very dependent on the implementation. I have the Pono, does sound much better balanced (to the point that it is a viable option for my HE-1000 in balanced mode), I have the Centrance Hifi M8, which has balanced outputs, but they are really for convenience, the internal electronics are NOT balanced, and it doesn't make any difference for SQ. The Liquid Carbon focuses very much on the balanced circuit, and, from reports (haven't heard it yet, have one on order), there is significant SQ benefit to the balanced outputs. And, some on Head Fi have looked at specs for the balanced Wave, and there is a suspicion that it may have more noise/sound worse than the single ended. Of course, since it doesn't exist yet, it is purely speculation based on info supplied by the LH folks. SO, femto should improve the sound, significantly from my experience and what I have read.
I read this name on couple of different forums, will get in touch.
