Hi Warnsey,
I'm in the same boat with the DAC1 Pre. (Also in Oz)I waited over 5 weeks for mine, which came on Friday. Apparently the distributor doesn't like to keep stock. The manufacturing date on the base of the unit is Sept. 15th - 11 days after I paid for it!
Because my XLR to RCA cables are the generic pro variety, I decided to run the RCA to the power amp with higher quality cables, and the XLR to the sub.
It sounds great. Not having anything in the same league to compare it to, I can only say that it leaves the Squeezebox analog output for dead, as well as my much loved old Rotel 965BX LED CD player.
In my set-up it is replacing (at least temporarily) an ME-25 pre-amp and feeding a Rotel 990 power amp and Sonus Faber Concerto or Spendor 2/2 speakers.
First impressions (switch on audiospeak) are: more detail; liquid mids; much more distinct tonal colours; very easy to listen to for hours (and hours!); recordings seem more differentiated from each other; I can "hear" the space where the recording took place far more clearly than ever before - reminds me of vinyl.
Cheers.
I'm in the same boat with the DAC1 Pre. (Also in Oz)I waited over 5 weeks for mine, which came on Friday. Apparently the distributor doesn't like to keep stock. The manufacturing date on the base of the unit is Sept. 15th - 11 days after I paid for it!
Because my XLR to RCA cables are the generic pro variety, I decided to run the RCA to the power amp with higher quality cables, and the XLR to the sub.
It sounds great. Not having anything in the same league to compare it to, I can only say that it leaves the Squeezebox analog output for dead, as well as my much loved old Rotel 965BX LED CD player.
In my set-up it is replacing (at least temporarily) an ME-25 pre-amp and feeding a Rotel 990 power amp and Sonus Faber Concerto or Spendor 2/2 speakers.
First impressions (switch on audiospeak) are: more detail; liquid mids; much more distinct tonal colours; very easy to listen to for hours (and hours!); recordings seem more differentiated from each other; I can "hear" the space where the recording took place far more clearly than ever before - reminds me of vinyl.
Cheers.