Yeah, when I was browsing there I saw quite a few posts of him. Good thing! If I'm going the dac route, the Lavry is definitely high on the list. One thing about the Benchmark I like though, is the volume knob. That would make it very easy to hook it up straight to a power amp. Other competitors would be the PS Audio Digital Link III and the Stello DA100...
jan
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