Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti?

Maybe your Gyrodec? :)

I did hear the Scarlatti and prefer the APL by wide margin.

Has anyone heard the Stahltek Vekian as proposed in the opening of this thread?

Murataltuev,
I agree with you. I set my dCS Puccini and U-clock output at 6V as I use it with the digital volume control directly to the power amps. The 2V setting is more for use with an analogue pre-amp. Never been happier. I will try not to listen to the Scarlatti to find out what I am missing with my Puccini as the Scart is way, way above my affordability index. Lucky you!

RTN1 - Appreciate the line of reasoning from a fellow Avalon owner. Only real concern I've got with the TIME is whether they will be too much speaker for my smallish listening room (13 x 13 x 9)....but increasingly leaning in this direction.