Just to add, as a former MKI/bridge 2 owner, the “noise” PS mentioned about the bridge card, I don’t think was audible noise. People on their forum were finding the MKI sounded better with the bridge card removed, hence the thought that a Dac sounds better with no network card inside.
As far as the MKII, I believe the network update function/wifi only is active during update, or can be shut off.
One nice thing about the MKII is you can/or will be able to shut off inputs not in use. Add the grounding isolation features, XLR shell lift,etc
My MKii is broken in and sounding fantastic and now I’m running it straight to my BHK300 monoblocks and I’m getting the best sound I’ve ever had.
I still plan on getting the transformers upgraded.