Originally Posted by dpstjp
I'm struggling to see how this would be more than an 818. What could this give you that the 818 doesn't? There's not going to be a pre amp stage in the new DAC, for example.

Good grief, I must admit I wasn't expecting that; somebody looking at the pricing of high-end audio equipment objectively.

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