Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

Stooner, the MemPlayer guys will soon offer a turnkey solution for the full suite of software that you can use on your existing PC server. I can tell you is a killer. Not chickenfeed but FAAARRR less expensive than buying the Mem Player 64 hardware solution.

They will also offer a USB stick solution for slotting ability that can be used to put your existing JRiver implementation on STEROIDS! It will be VERY attractively priced.

The MemPlayer  goodies are being democatized. High SQ for every budget.

Hi Matt, I suspect that the Merril Element 118 class D prototypes might be a little less demanding of your AC than your class A/B Burmesters.

Even without their final Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuits, secondary regulators, and various other proprietary subcircuits still to be integrated, the amps should achieve an efficiency of at least 75%. Once the devices are finalized, efficiency might eventually reach somewhere between 85% and 95%.

This is not to say that Element 118 monos won't benefit from being each fed through a dedicated line to maximize isolation, and minimizing cross-talk, noise, etc... But depression of transients and low level detail might be less of an issue than with your Burmester amps sharing AC circuits with each other or with your line level components.

G.