finally got one of these things, and i gotta say WOW
i was pleased with my system before. it's not incredible, but it's not shitty either. arcam alpha 7se cd player > arcam alpha 8r integrated amp. great, full sound, and can definitely give some power, the 50w amp output shouldn't fool you
anyway, hooked up the DAC-1 last night to it and was switching back and forth between the cd player > amp via analog and the cd > dac-1 > amp. the dac-1 made the old system sound muddy and just dead. i can't describe it really, but it's like the dac-1 made the music come alive. it's great. can't wait to check out 24 bit tonight
IF ONLY MY DELTA DIO card actually worked! that's another story though. they won't give me a refund, yet it never worked in the first place in my computer...