NEW Musical Fidelity DAC

Hey Blackie, what does it retail for?
Does it have volume control?

No volume control, multiple upsampling frequencies, coaxial and optical inputs ( no balanced ) and lists for $1195.

I have to admit, i REALLY wish that they would have had someone other than "Mr Tellig" review it. This is not to say that i don't like reading his column, enjoy his style, etc... I just don't feel comfortable with reviewers covering dozens of products from the same manufacturer and all of them getting raves ( Class A ) or near raves ( Class B ). I'm not even near the lake or ocean yet something smells fishy on this one. Kind of like reading an Audio Research review that Robert Harley writes. You already know the outcome... Sean
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Are you all talking about the A324? It lists for $1195 and is reviewed by Sam Tellig in the April issue of Stereophile.

I think it retails for around $1200. It is pretty basic, no volume control just a switch on the back to go from 96k to 192k.

I certainly agree on the Sam Tellig thing - between Musical Fidelity and Triangle speakers he doesn't find much time to write about anything else. He appears to be close personal friends with the founders of the line and gets treated like a king. MF, at least, appears to spend a fortune on advertising with Stereophile and, as Sean says, everything ST reviews of their's gets a rave review. I enjoy Stereophile a lot and try not to go out of my way to bash them, but the ST columns for the past 12-18 months have broken just about every rule I can think of if one wants to maintain objectivity and credibility. -Kirk