The Overdrive SE DAC has earned several best of shows and just got a positive review from Audiostream:
http://www.audiostream.com/content/empirical-audio-overdrive-se-usb-dacpre
This has the big advantage of eliminating the preamp as well as providing a way to insert other analog sources using the Final Drives.
You don't need to resort to tubes to get the analog sound, even with 44.1 tracks. This is due to the clean power, digital filtering, point-to-point wiring and simple analog section. Sounds like a NOS DAC only more detailed. Accepts up to 24/192 with both coax and USB inputs.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
http://www.audiostream.com/content/empirical-audio-overdrive-se-usb-dacpre
This has the big advantage of eliminating the preamp as well as providing a way to insert other analog sources using the Final Drives.
You don't need to resort to tubes to get the analog sound, even with 44.1 tracks. This is due to the clean power, digital filtering, point-to-point wiring and simple analog section. Sounds like a NOS DAC only more detailed. Accepts up to 24/192 with both coax and USB inputs.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio