The Six Moons.com review on the Mhdt Labs Orchid DAC just went up

@teajay has been finding and telling us best price/performance equipments and yet he still get criticized for recommending a cheaper DAC with better performance. Hmmm OK:)

Facten,
As promised, here are the mods to my Pagoda.
(4) TX2575 resistors
2) Shinkoh 1W resistors
(2) RelCap .1uF TFT Teflon capacitors
(2) Jupiter HT 0.47 uF capacitors
(2) Sonicap Platinum 1uF output coupling capacitors

txss ozzy

This DAC seems like an unbelievable bargain - top-level performance for about a grand sounds like a wonderful idea. I'll take two.  What holds me back is skepticism about the author of this review.  As he mentions himself, his review of the "New" Lab 12 Dac was largely responsible for the wave of hype about that 6-year old, re-heated, re-discovered device that has since been discontinued, once the truth eventually leaked out.  I'm not saying the Orchid is bad and everything he writes is bollocks - I'd just recommend a pinch of salt.

probably worth a listen but there are countless DAC and other products worth a listen....without the I bought the review sample conflict of interest......