I purchased one of these after seeing it on the CES wrap up for $500. I'm totally shocked at the performance of this device. It sounds glorious, and I'm listening to it right out of box. It is a USB DAC and Class A headphone amp in one little tube. It also has adjustable gain (a small gain "knob").
I'm running some HDTracks 96/24 tracks with "Play" software on my Macbook Pro feeding my AKG 701 headphones. It gets warm to the touch when it plays. The music is totally effortless. I already like it better than the Benchmark DAC1. I went to the MIDI settings, chose it as the output device, and it works perfectly.
This is probably the most exciting purchase I have made in a long time. I travel every week and I can now have reference-quality sound go with me.
I purchased one of these after seeing it on the CES wrap up for $500. I'm totally shocked at the performance of this device. It sounds glorious, and I'm listening to it right out of box. It is a USB DAC and Class A headphone amp in one little tube. It also has adjustable gain (a small gain "knob").
I'm running some HDTracks 96/24 tracks with "Play" software on my Macbook Pro feeding my AKG 701 headphones. It gets warm to the touch when it plays. The music is totally effortless. I already like it better than the Benchmark DAC1. I went to the MIDI settings, chose it as the output device, and it works perfectly.
This is probably the most exciting purchase I have made in a long time. I travel every week and I can now have reference-quality sound go with me.