To be fair the ikemi is a discountinued product (since 2002 i beleive ) a more fair comparioson would be one of the unidisk players.
The preamp with the dac you used is from 1997 no wonder the 2008 duet`s analog out sounds better. -- harmonic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ harmonic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6879 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles