Kevin,
At $1050 you can try the EVS Millennium DAC II risk free for 30 days. If it doesn't totally open up, flesh out, and transform your system you can send it back and you're only out about $15 shipping. Go to www.tweakaudio.com or call Ric Schultz directly--he knows his stuff and has been in business over 10 years(he used to modify MSB Link DACs), and at the very least you'll get some valuable information about front end design/performance. Talk about bang for your buck, this is the motherload. I've got one, and it's the best overall component in my system(and by far the cheapest)--check out what others say on audioreview.com where people compare it to MSB, Bel Canto, etc. Sorry to gush, but if you don't try this you're missing something special, especially with your system's ability to image and throw a stage. And by the way, it will be upgradeable to play the new formats(2 channel) whenever a digital connection becomes available. Best of luck.
Tim
At $1050 you can try the EVS Millennium DAC II risk free for 30 days. If it doesn't totally open up, flesh out, and transform your system you can send it back and you're only out about $15 shipping. Go to www.tweakaudio.com or call Ric Schultz directly--he knows his stuff and has been in business over 10 years(he used to modify MSB Link DACs), and at the very least you'll get some valuable information about front end design/performance. Talk about bang for your buck, this is the motherload. I've got one, and it's the best overall component in my system(and by far the cheapest)--check out what others say on audioreview.com where people compare it to MSB, Bel Canto, etc. Sorry to gush, but if you don't try this you're missing something special, especially with your system's ability to image and throw a stage. And by the way, it will be upgradeable to play the new formats(2 channel) whenever a digital connection becomes available. Best of luck.
Tim