Hi Sherwood,
Thanks for the reply.
I'll head to the DAC section and read the reviews and comments there then, and I'll just remove AudioGd from my list.
Got Justin's Weber up to 750F for some steaks (not pictured), then came back after dinner to cook some bacon, once it had gone down to a manageable 300F. The results:
Enabled LTE (Band 4) on my Nexus 4 (Android 4.4.4) After local Apple Fanboi proudly demonstrated "superiority" of iPhone 5 / LTE ...
Process has now been appified to a few clicks thanks to
* https://towelroot.com/ ( 1 click no reboot )
* https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bpear.makomodem
Click, reboot, Click, Click + change some settings, and I was getting better speedtest results than him on the same network
RIP Dick Smith, 'The Godfather of Makeup' (Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, The Godfather, Little Big Man, Marathon Man, The Exorcist, Amadeus, etc.). http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41795
I run mine with a Stello DA-100 Signature. It's a swell DAC, however the LS50 can go even further. These are fairly transparent speakers and will let you know if the source sounds cruddy. Id recommend looking for DACs with good soundstaging capabilities. The best I've heard in this regard was a heavily modified ES9018 dac. That being said the chip is notorious for being implemented in a way that makes treble sound very metallic. The DAC I heard used a FIFO reclocker to remedy this.
For starter kit I'd recommend a Schiit Bifrost with upgrades.