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I'm not surprised based on the circuit design and the price. $30K for the DAC. Interesting note from their CD Transport info which has both standard analog out (so it's a CDP too), digital out and a 5 pin analog out


""We strongly recommend the use of the 5-pin output with DAC-100 for optimum performance. It is our belief that transmitting audio in the digital domain (SPDIF),even discrete such as I2S format, has its imperfections and adds a certain character to the sound. The frequency of bit clock and data bit is too high for transferring the signal in a transparent way.""

AND

"When this (5 pin) input is used with CDT-100 the digital part of the DAC is disabled and is powered off. Only the analog section is used. With CDT-100 we strongly recommend the use of this input for optimum performance.""


So very oddly we have what is called a transport and DAC where the analog out of the transport is used and the digital part of the DAC is off when connected to their mating transport. It doesn't get weirder than that. I'd love to hear it.

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Edits: 10/20/14 10/20/14

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