Emotiva XDA-1 DAC?


Can anyone offer any feedback on the Emotiva XDA-1 DAC? It looks to have great features for the price but I was wondering the sound quality(?). I would simply audition one but they are only taking reservations at present ...
salmonsc
i just typed in reviews of emotiva dac and then later reviews of emotiva xda-1. there are forum threads with comments on the specs, pictures and some comparisons and opinions. audioreview,,,emolounge review,,,head-fi,,,,,,chase home theatre,,,,computer audiophile. when looking around you may see some articles too. imo emotiva delivers a product that offers a value with performance above it's price point. they had an issue with some snags in their ht processor that irritated customers. but their amps, preamp and cd player are very well built and have almost universal good reviews for where the product lies in the realm of high fi products. my cd player had a hicup in the first month not ejecting cds. i got a new one immediatley and it has a 5 yr guarantee. who else offers that? i am not a fanboy haha even tho this probably sounds like i am. but as i stated i use a hrt music streamer and a musical fidelity vdac and a peachtree decco's dac. i am sure i would be happy with a cambridge or a ps audio or a benchmark or wadia or a xda-1,or a nuforce. but i don,t sweat 300 dollar purchases because this is my hobby and i don,t have a bass boat or play golf. my goal this time was to build a powerful system without spending the big bucks some other products out there cost. this is the fun to me because i can always build another one but for now i am listening to alice in chains unplugged and it is rockin here. good luck
they only sent out one batch of the XDA so far, seems alot of people are having issues with the volume control. Emotiva has come out with a fix for the problem and people are sending there units back in to get it. i was put on the reserve list back in November and have yet to hear anything from them. im thinking they are waiting to get this issue sorted out before they continue shipping again.
I was on the reserve list and recently was advised that they will ship in February 15th. With the volume control issue I will wait a little while longer to be sure the fix is correcting the problem. Still it is a good value, assuming no other problems show up.
thanks for your input folks - i have been searching & haven't found much in the way of user reviews (mostly just back & forth about about features, etc.). but apparently this is b/c so few have shipped so far. i did pick up on the volume issue - & also some complaints about bass levels(?).

i was thinking about starting with one of these - though the wyred4sound dac2 looks very tempting too (but in an entirely different price league).