Is the Monarchy DIP effective?

Good luck Ozzy. Hope it works for you.

Rpssb, ot sure what a Monarchy 48 is; the 24/96 should go right before the dac.

Just received the Monarchy Combo today. I plan on hooking it up to my Squeezebox Touch later today.

So to make sure I give it a proper evaluation, does the unit require some break in time?

Yes on breaking in. Mine needed 100 hrs. Sounded better after first 40. Very bad out of the box.

Been breaking in the Monarchy Combo non stop for 4 days now using a Purist Audio Burn in disc.

So, today I tried the Sqeezebox Touch with and without the Monarchy Combo.
Thus far , at times I think there is an improvement with the Monarchy Combo, other times not sure.
I sure wish the difference would be greater or more easily perceived. Perhaps it still needs more break in time.

Anyway, I still have some time to evaluate the Monarchy...

Ozzy, do you have the combo set to upsample to 96k?