Looking for a DAC for the Squeezebox Touch

Thanks for the response. I guess it is a matter of taste and preferences.

Spacemanrick: Yes, for sure it was a significant improvement. I am surprised at how much the DAC's changed the sound of my system. As for the value question, tough one. $1K is a lot and can go a long way towards other toys like amps / preamps so I can't really answer this one. (For me the DAC2 was worth it even though it meant my wife got a fancy purse to "even" things up)

Any chance you have a local store that would let you demo it before committing to buy?

Gotta keep the local guys around as much as possible....

Dacmagic...no longer hip but still the one to beat for features, price, and sound. Improved my SBT sound a LOT...love it.

Wolf-Garcia, maybe it's my ears or system, but I cannot tell the difference between my DACmagic and the SBT.

I was surprised the Dacmagic made such a difference...I'm using the coax digital output on the SBT to the DAC and the xlr balanced outs from the DAC to my balanced Kavent preamp. A more coherent sound with tighter bass than the SBT alone, and simply a different tone all around. I upgraded the cables (xlr A'quest Diamondbacks and A'quest solid core coax). Also the Dacmagic provides 3 more blue lights! I'm sure it's a synergy thing, but I'm also running a digital coax to the DAC from an old Marantz CD changer, and that is improved also. I can now clearly hear the difference between a decent Pandora signal (pretty good) and a wifi iTunes lossless (amazingly good).