Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital: MQA HW decoding at reasonable cost -Anyone have this?

For 349 Euros (about $440) this looks like a WORLD beater DAC! The Price is Right! (said on that old Game Show!).        Lookout all you multi-kilobuck DAC's (Wadia, EMM, Chord ...)!!!                              Project does it again, offering superb sound and features at a beer-budget price! DISCLAIMER: I have NO affiliation with Project! Just someone sick and tired of all the B.S. hype about uber-expensive DAC's!

Plus MQA decoding thrown in! How can you not lose!

I was very close to pulling the trigger on the Pro-Ject, but went with the Brooklyn DAC+ instead.

Hopefully someone who owns one can chime in, and tell me about all the money I could have saved.  

Looks very promising. Does anyone out there own this audio device? Please chime in!

Well, I have owned one for about 3 weeks. I'm very happy with it. But, I definitely don't qualify as a DAC aficionado. My only prior experience was with the Audioquest Dragonfly Red.

Truthfully, I didn't expect to hear much of a difference between the Dragonfly and the Pro-Ject...I'm very skeptical of all the hype related to the uber expensive DAC's as well.

But, I was wrong. There was a noticeable difference as soon as I first fired it up. More detail in the music. More transparency and I guess I would say better imaging?

I stream Tidal and listen to their Masters MQA files quite often. I wanted to stick my toe in the water so to speak with a little more expensive DAC with MQA decoding capabilities. Had my eyes on the Brooklyn DAC+ that was mentioned above, but being skeptical of the benefits of pouring more money into a DAC, went with a "cheaper" alternative. I guess my eyes have been opened a bit to the benefits of higher quality DAC's. 

I'm now actually wondering if the Brooklyn DAC would make as much difference over the Pro-Ject as the Pro-Ject made over the Dragonfly Red. Geez this hobby will put you in the poor house! Haha.

For reference, I have an Arcam AV850, B&W 804d3's / 805d3's and McIntosh MC601's / MC301's. Don't know if that means a higher quality DAC would even benefit.

Anyway...the Pro-Ject is great. Would highly recommend.