Hi Chris - Thanks for the informative review - I'm a newbie and I came across the review by accident when considering purchase of the product. My question is this - I have a early generation Trends UD 10 and I will be using it to feed either a Monarchy 22b dac or a City pulse 7.2 with TCXO upgrade using a MAC mini or project ipod dock as source.
Do you have any insight on the Trends unit vs the v-link, do you think that there would be any appreciable upgrade or should I just update to a dac with a USB input and simplify the signal chain?
I like the idea of being able to use the balanced out of the City pulse direct to my First Watt Aleph J.
Any insight on the USB to Digital conversion side would be greatly appreciated
