McCormack gear is very nice and is a great way to go IF you like the McCormack sound. One has to figure that out for oneself. I've owned quite a few pieces of Steve's equipment over the years. SMcAudio upgraded my DNA-.5 and my DAC-1. The DAC-1 became the Ultra Edition and I enjoyed that Ultra for several years. Great sound and at the time I was hooked! Prior to that, I bought a used Gold Edition DNA-1 and a Rev B+ DNA-1 here on Agon. The B+ was the best of them all for my tastes. It produced multidimensional, full bodied, musical sound that still exhibited the high level of transparency and resolution that this equipment is famous for. I used the amps with TLC-1 Deluxe and/or RLD-1 preamps. Later on down the road, Steve took my 2nd beloved DNA .5 to Gold Special Plus. He put StillPoints under the main control board, installed the largest Nichicon Gold Tune output caps possible for loads of capacitance, Jupiter copper foil caps in the power supply, and several other special upgrades they may not have been offered to everyone. The team at SMcAudio were such a pleasure to work with! They were all very knowledgeable, friendly, helpful gentlemen and I'll always be grateful for the good work. When all was said and done, my personal listening preferences leaned towards a more full bodied presentation of the tunes. Not knocking it folks, it's great sounding stuff. My personal take is that it is in the high resolution and transparency camp and it's all a matter of taste in this hobby.
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