Question to those who bought one of these: what made you choose one over the other?
Price will not influence my decision. After all it would cost 600 (VDA-2) + 150 (VAC-1) + 150 (balanced cable set) = $900 in CIAudio kit to match the feature set of the DAC-1, minus the DAC's stepped gain selector.
The DAC uses an unusual coaxial input (bad). Sleepy and one forgotten reviewer praise the DAC's preamp-bypassing gain selector (good). Another reviewer dislikes same (could be good or bad). I happen to like the simple and purposeful CIAudio look.
Please share your opinion, even if you said it before in other threads. I did use the search function a lot but finding the right search terms is hard.
Price will not influence my decision. After all it would cost 600 (VDA-2) + 150 (VAC-1) + 150 (balanced cable set) = $900 in CIAudio kit to match the feature set of the DAC-1, minus the DAC's stepped gain selector.
The DAC uses an unusual coaxial input (bad). Sleepy and one forgotten reviewer praise the DAC's preamp-bypassing gain selector (good). Another reviewer dislikes same (could be good or bad). I happen to like the simple and purposeful CIAudio look.
Please share your opinion, even if you said it before in other threads. I did use the search function a lot but finding the right search terms is hard.