Hi everyone

I want to create a new bedroom rig to replace my old sony minitower.

I will be using the next gen ipod nano that will arrive in september as the heart of the rig and then probbably the onkyo ipod transport, i can connect a dac to that via spdiff or coax but I am not sure which one yet.

I want one with xlr output and either spdiff or coax input. I want to spend 400 euro max.

I was thinking about the dacmagic but the little dot dac_i uses the seem dac chip and has xlr out although the rest of the chips or implementation might be different. It is a lot cheaper though.

I was also thinking about the buffalo II with placid power supply and the line stage legatto and maybe another placid power supply but I would need a builder for that so it might be more expensive

The first two dacs use a wolfson chip and the buffaly uses a sabre chip.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Greetings, Anouk,

I suggest reading your welcome PM.

There's a Welcome PM? I guess I predate such niceties.

There's a Welcome PM? I guess I predate such niceties.

Yes, I think you do

There's a Welcome PM? I guess I predate such niceties.

You were grandfathered in because you are cool and because you wouldn't make the mistake the op is currently making, and because you are cool.