Berkeley Alpha Dac Series II, anyone heard it?

I know these forums hate it if you mention another forum, but, hey, I mentioned Audiogon over there today, so it is all even :).

ComputerAudiophile has a lot of info/commentary right now and review of this piece coming up soon.

Some of the folks there *really* like it.

Okay, you are right. There is a review here:

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Berkeley-USB-review-upcoming

In the comments, but I thought it was for Series 2 as the Series 2 product is discussed right next to it but with very careful reading it seems they are raving about the USB product with the old Alpha DAC.

The changes - well the DAC itself is unchanged as far as I know. They did more work around the input from the USB device in order to isolate it more - but it is supposed to be an audible difference from non-Series 1. But, yes, the main thing is the USB asynchronous device.

Chris himself says Dec 21st is the earliest he can see getting a review out. So Christmas orders based on his review will have to be local pickup :).

That thread looks like the place with the most recent info that I can find...

Interesting. Makes me wonder exactly how this works - does each clock control its downstream component, or does the clock in the DAC control the computer? I mean, I'm assuming at that price that there is a clock in the USB device, that may not be true.