True Nate. But I'll probably drive my wife crazy first.

Just buy an Emotive ERC-1 cdp for $400 and be happy.

Just buy an Emotive ERC-1 cdp for $400 and be happy.

or in 30 days he can buy yours for $325 shipped;D

or in 30 days he can buy yours for $325 shipped;D

We will know in about a week. However, I prefer it to the Audio Aero DAC. On the bright side, when decide to sell your latest and greatest dac, the ERC-1 will still be available for $400.

If it had digital in, I'd be all over it.

If it had digital in, I'd be all over it.

That would have been nice. I don't mind dealing with little silver discs. In comparison t vinyl, it's a breeze. Nothing against comp audio I've had it In the past and will probably have it again.

Too bad it doesn't have SACD... maybe I'll get one anyway.

We will know in about a week. However, I prefer it to the Audio Aero DAC. On the bright side, when decide to sell your latest and greatest dac, the ERC-1 will still be available for $400.

not likely as I gave up spinning the silver discs over a year ago with no plans to go back. If I have a next upgrade it is to the Metric Halo ULN-8 once they start hitting the used market in about a year.

I got a chance to listen it for about 30 minutes or so.

It has a very warm tube sound. I liked the fact that it comes with a remote control and I thought it looked pretty nice.

But I prefer a neutral sound, I don't like tube amps that add a warm tone to the music. And even if I liked it, $2,800 is too steep for me.

One thing I find funny is the text, which often claim Class A or Single Ended operation when it is clearly not or clearly stated otherwise in the spec form that's not too far away from the marketingese text...

It has 4 KT88! If these 4 are only putting out 5W, then i expect that it is because it is running in SE class A with the KT88s wired as triodes. That or it is operating as a space heater.