plz,

just get out there and hear them for yourself. this is how i came to my older / multibit conclusions - although i did like the cec dx71 dac which is a delta sigma 96khz device. the other thing i like is hefty psu's (i run naim kit also so have found this with pre's and my original cd5 / hicap).

i actually bought the dax 2 blind (deaf ?) however it has 3 seperate transformers (dual mono for the analogue and 1 for the digital) 36 regulated power rails, 20bit 8x overampling dual differential multibit converters and selectable filters (hdcd and npc 5842) which again ticked all the boxes so i felt it worth a punt. the fact i got it direct from dave heaton at a/s with a 1 yr garuntee on a 1 week trial were better. also seeing as they were on sale 2nd hand for nearly 900 quid and i got it for 500 meant i could have sold it and made a profit clinched it.

the other one i was tempted by was the msb platinum link dac which has a totally bespoke hard wired dac however sourcing a 240v version for anything like sensible money is a 'mare.

other dacs worth a look / listen are:

various wadia's,

the NOS dacs - audionote, 47 labs, scott nixon, etc.

chord dac 64.

DPA dacs - old but good sounding - may be flaky though

some swear by older meridian dacs - not my cup of tea though

C.E.C. dx 51 / 71

California Audio Labs tube dac's

Bel canto dacs

Camelot audio arthur (?) is reputedly good.

Perpetual technology dac / upsampler / psu

other A/S dacs (decade and ultra analogue dax, discrete if you're loaded)

there are also a number of cd players out there that can act as dac's - the sim audio moon for example.

cheers

julian