Nice list of professional gear (a giveaway being that they use 1/4" TRS or Neutrik connectors). As mentioned, however, I'm not looking for pro gear. I'm looking for something that fits in with my stack (Schiit or otherwise) and uses the same connectors as everything else (single-ended RCA). I also expect USB output rather than BNC. Oh, and stereo, not multichannel.
E.g.:
Musical Fidelity M1 - US$1,000
Furutech GT40 - GB£400 (discontinued)
Wadax Pre-1 - US$32,500
ADL Esprit -
€960
etc...
Most of these are combo pre-amp/DAC/ADC/Headphone amp etc. do-it-all replacements for your existing stereo. Sadly I am not in the $32k market (that's more than the down payment on my house!) and if I was I'd have "people" to do my shopping for me. I just want to add some functionality to the rig I already own and like (and yes, there's some Schiit in that rig).
vs.
Griffin iMic - $40
Behringer UCA202 - $30
Which are low-spec (Griffin doesn't even provide specs!) 16/44/48 ADC/DACs. The Behringer is the Swiss Army knife of the bunch, offering USB->TOSlink conversion and a headphone amp as well.
Surely there's a selection (saturated!) of mid-price, decent performing, one trick ADC stereo 24/96 converters out there for home use.
Um... no.
Now Jason has flat out stated he's not interested in building an ADC (somewhere back 100-200 pages ago) and that's fine. His reasoning is that he doesn't see the market, and that's fine too. Clearly me and my turntable are niche, and I like it that way. That's why I hang out on head-fi and not the best-buy forums.
But based on the broad selection of a saturated market I can only conclude that I'm unable to use google, because I can't find anything like a Schiit-equivalent affordable decent home stereo single-purpose ADC.
I would be happy if you could prove me wrong.