can i get a significant dac upgrade over my Lumin d2 for 2k?

We’ll be eagerly awaiting your impressions from our home and native land. 

@soix

usb to dac will be Kimber as well as balanced xlr to pre. Pre is balanced xlr to mono blocks. All lengths are 1 meter. Am nervous for arrival of dac as payment made through pay pal but it has been three days and it is crickets from china. No confirmation at all!

@sgreg1 Who did you order the DAC through?  If it’s one of the bigger guys I wouldn’t worry, plus you also have protection thru your credit card and likely PayPal too.  Did you get confirmation on screen they got the order when you paid?  The only thing I’d worry about is if the order never processed due to an internet glitch.  Did it show up as a charge through PayPal and/or your credit card?  If it did there’s a good chance it’s in process.  They may just be inundated with orders after the soundnews.net review, so maybe contact them just to make sure, and you can check on delivery time too while you’re at it but sounds like it’s at about a month right now.  I wouldn’t be concerned yet if they got your order. 

@soix 

Order placed with Aoshi. I used them as I saw they we the same if I went through Amazon. I received confirm email from pay pal snd charge is showing pending on credit card, but nothing from Aoshi. No email confirm, I sent them an email asking for status and zero reply. Guess I just sit and wait for some sign that they received order snd will process. Main reason of concern is their site said all orders are processed within 48 hours and I am well past that. I do not have any confidence in pay pal to protect my interest but I do have a confirm from them at least. Thanks for reply.