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Waiting for the FedEx man. I'll break mine in for a few days before comparing to other DACs in my collection.
Try giving the Nuwave a straight two/three day to get used to and just try everything on it and then switch it up with comparisons. Although from quick impressions what's the word on transparency, neutrality and USB vs optical, any difference?
Cool can't wait. "Hello youtube...."
I almost forgot how hard testing DACs can be. Have been listening a little more this morning and to be quite honest I think I may prefer the tried and true Stello DA100 Signature (connected via plain old USB) to the NuWave. Something about the Stello sounds more organic ~ true to life to me. To make sure I wasn't crazy I also have a Pico DAC only added in the mix which seems to lose a little in the detail department compared to the NuWave. I can't tell you how many times I've listened to the opening of Jazz at the Pawnshop now. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. The difference to me is enjoying the music versus just listening to it. Slightly disappointing to me considering I really like the PWD.
NuWave straight from a laptop wasn't cutting it. Nor a CDP -> NuWave via coax.