The Proceed has worked great! It sounds much better then my Cal Delta. I am not sold on the Audio Aero. I have seen some good reviews. The Stello DA220 sounds like a good dac to try also as well as the Benchmark, but I don't know if it will be a step backwards from my Audio Note DAC1.1x. It is a great sounding DAC. According to Audio Note the DAC1.1x is better then the One.1x and the DAC1.1x Kit. Peter stated it was closer to the DAC2.1X. What I have now works very nice, but something is itching me to change. I am doing some research by asking questions before I sell what I have and purchase something else.
Better then Proceed CDD and AN DAC1.1x?
I have a Proceed CDD and a Audio Note 1.1x I am considering to sell to purchase a single box CD player with balanced outs. The Audio Aero Prima 24/192 looks nice, but would it sound better? I do not want a CD player that has a volume control even if it can be defeated. I only play readbook cd's. I have a Karan KAi180 integrated amp and Merlin VSM-M speakers. I prefer a single box player with balanced outputs and no attenuation adjustment option on those outputs.