To tell you the truth i wasn't all that impressed initially. I was running it from a Rega dac and my Linn pre and it sounded fairly lethargic. Anywho i had a case of the what-ifs and took the pre out of the equation and used Jrivers pre amp/ bit perfect volume and BINGO WOW JEHESUS, very immediate and up and at em kinda sound - very much my thing. Now i wanna borrow a balanced Dac to try see if it sounds better than single ended, but seeing as taking the preamp out has made such a huge difference i don't know how much more it has to give.
At the moment i'm reet chuffed and am now on a mission to replace my old Heybrooks with something a bit livlier/faster and a new dac possibly when i can shift some stuff on, but things are definately coming together.
Cheers for the recommendation, i'd never have tried one of these in a million years if you hadn't posted, and the performance for the price is gonna' take some serious beating.
Nice one Jerry