Any impressions of CHORD or Mytek DACs?

Thanks. I have no place locally to audition either. The guys at Acoustic Sounds carry both and recommend the Chord. After reading the thread I tried to find the alternate power supplies that were referenced - no luck but might not have used the proper bait in Google. If you should know of the power supply upgrades and could provide a link would be wonderful. They mentioned iFi USB power (not sure how that would connect to the Chord), Squeezebuster and Mainscables.

Take a look at your wall wart power supply and post what voltage it provides the dat. I'm wondering if these linear power supplies will work

http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDrillDownView?rf=1&history=0cnb4h2u%7CsubCategoryName%7EAC-to-DC%2BLinear%2BRegulated%5Ecategory%7E4535%5EcategoryName%7Ecat_45%5EprodPage%7E15%5Epage%7ESEARCH%252BNAV%40hh0p1top%7Cposition%7E16%5Erf%7E1%5Erefine%7E1%5EprodPage%7E15%5Epage%7ESEARCH%252BNAV&position=1&refine=1&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&storeId=10001

Would work

Always something :)

I pulled the trigger on the Chord by the recommend of Acoustic Sounds. Mytek probably wouldn't need the PSU upgrade now I think about it. Oh well...the Chord will probably better than I need.

Sorry I haven’t responded back. My ARCAM AVR600 is in the shop and I have been down musically. I finally missed my music so much I brought up my old Marantz 4400 from the basement just so I could hear my new Chord CuteHD.
I have to say this Chord is quite an improvement over my old DAC setup. My old DAC setup was an Apple MINI Mac connected to Stello U3 and then to my Audiolab 8200CDQ (Sabre chip). I’m even hearing improvements running my Audiolab CD Toslink out through the Chord.
Lastly, I have a Welborne power supply being built for the Chord. As soon as it arrives, I’ll try and remember to give my impressions of any improvement I hear with this DC power supply.

I gave up on Melbourne labs PSU. They couldnt get it to me. So, I'm waiting on the MainsRUs PSU. Will report back.