Prima Luna have released the Kracken (striketrough) I mean DAC

Not a big fan, myself been into upgrades for years, if you look in Tas magazine 

his $4600 preamp maybe heavy but in a critical part of the circuit the output 

just look left upper corner a cheap $25 alps volume pot that Silver round can  , when in fact it should have a dedicated  resistive ladder attenuators, or relays , just a plastic resistive carbon pot for volume you loose a fair amount of low level detail. Even the transformers.     C core transformers ,and chokes go with tubes and for sure the best,  look at anything in Japan or top elsewhere ,a toroidal transformer is fine for Solid State ,

it doesnot belong with tubes, having owned a Audiostore, and knowing upgrades 

prima luna ,No Thank you !

@twoleftears +1  

I’m a fan of Mac preamps & amps, but don’t really understand why they go upstream or downstream of those (and they should kill the a/v stuff). Would be nice to see a few more tube pre-amp choices instead

I actually have the EVO 100 dac and find the sound quite good. I admit I haven’t heard all dac’s in the price range but I got mine used for under 2K which I thought was a bargain. It does take about an hour to sound its best but it’s soundstaging, vocals, all the stuff we look for are their. I found it much more realistic than some of the solid state units at that price level, not as harsh or technical sounding but smooth I guess would be the best way to describe it. Anyway, I’m happy with it when I stream but still go to vinyl or R2R when I really want to hear what’s on a recording. All in all it’s still a very respectable dac in my opinion.

Somehow I thought the Primaluna DAC has been out at least 2 to 3 years ?  

@yakbob

Thanks for pointing out the Musical Paradise MP-D2. I am surprised at its relative cheap cost. The Primaluna EVO100 is quite pricey relatively. How did the MP-D2 sound? It’s looking like my next DAC will be tube based, since that is more fun. Unfortunately I can’t make use of my surplus 12AU7/AX7s with the MP-D2 and knowing myself, it might send me down a rabbit hole of searching out NOS 6N1Ps. Also rectifier tubes in DACs are intriguing to me... Sorry a bit OT.