Mola Mola Makua Pre. / DAC

Oh, thank you.
I’ll wait on the Manuka Streamer upgrade this year and check it out then.

Hello Pete (Seadog),  I now have the Makua with internal DAC and Kaluga amps.  Awesome.  The PS Audio stuff is now gone.  Night and day better to me, and oh so pretty!  Network straight into the Makua, I have Roon Nucleus on my network.  The Kaluga control my Revel Ultima 2 Salon 2's best ever.  Destination components, using Audience AU24SX power cables and balanced interconnects.  Enjoy!  Ken

There is a dude in San Diego selling a Makua without the DAC for $5400. I emailed him yesterday to find out about the logistics of adding the DAC module. I decided to just buy a new one if I go with the Makua since adding the DAC module to a used Makua seemed like a PITA. He also has a Tambaqui + Makua combo for a decent price. US Audio Mart.

@fastfreight Are you able to give some comparisons of the Kaluga's to any other amps you have used with the Revel Salon2's? I have owned the Salon1's and know they needed power.

The PS Audio gear you referenced above, does that include their amps?

Hi,  I have two systems, but swapped components around quite a bit.
The amps were the hardest to move, obviously, as both the BHK 250 and my Classe CA 2300 weigh close to 100 lbs.  With the Salons, I exclusively used the Classe 2300, which I consider better than the BHK.
The Salons sounded nice with the Classe.  But then I brought the Kalugas in for an audition.  Immediately the bass was tighter and more controlled, but it was the clarity and resolution across the entire spectrum that sold me.  I honestly heard things I had not heard before.  The real seller to me was switching back to the Classe.  I decided right away that I was selling the BHK, and moving the Classe downstairs with the B&W N802.  I shortly later acquired the Makua Preamp with internal DAC.  So now I moved my Audionet Pre1G3 and my Auralic Vega G2 downstairs as well and outed all the PSA stuff.  The AudioNet Preamp and the Makua Preamp are both amazing.  I can't decide which one is better.
The Mola Mola DAC is amazing, better than the Auralic, which is quite nice as well.  One day I will upgrade to Audionet amps to match the pre.
Want to buy my Classe? :) Ken