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I got a real good deal on the fubar II that I couldn't pass it up. I'm going to withhold from buying a nice dac until I'm ready. I think it's better to buy a nice one after some careful research rather than jump into the first one I've read about. I bought the NHT setup because I had heard it more than a few times at a friends place and I became convinced that this was going to suit me the best. For the future, I have these three to consider: Spitfire Keces 131 (I want to use Toslink) or the Cambridge DacMagic which of those 3 do you think is the best? I like a more "open" sound to the music I listen to, if that makes any difference.

I'm really new to this hifi stuff, if the M-Audio can produce outstanding audio, then I'll go for it, but on the other hand, the Spitfire looks fantastic and looks of a better build. Like I said I'm a first timer and I'm sure that down the road I'll get upgraditis, but instead of spending 100 on a "get-me-by" device, should I just splurge for the big daddy setup with the power supply?

I was thinking of a few things: the Fubar II DAC with Supplier power supply costing 270 or Spitfire DAC with Supplier costing 370 and the only other DACs I came up with for the price is the Devilsound DAC for 270 or the Keces DAC for 280 I really don't want to spend more than the 270 price point (which is still 100 more than I want to spend . . . in actuality it's 270 more than I want to spend, but enough jokes about the economy), but 370 for the spitfire combo sounds enticing Does the power supply really make that much of a difference? Could I just buy the Fubar II and get away with it? I was originally interested in the Keces but then I saw that they're always being sold 2nd hand which leads me to believe that it has a low ownership satisfaction rate. I also heard about this Zero Dac that sounds too good to be true at 150 bucks. any suggestions would be appreciated My current setup: 2 NHT M-OOs Premium RCAs NHT PVC PC Monster Power Center MKii 1000 Macbook Core 2 May 2007 refresh