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Please take my comments in the spirit they are intended, which is to convey what I as a reader am looking for in a review of the Nova. While I appreciate all the effort you've expended to revise your original review, there's still no evaluation of the headphone section of the Nova. Given that this is a major feature of the product and that it competes directly with the headphone section of the Benchmark DAC1, it would be very useful for us can fans to get a better idea how the two products stack up. Unfortunately, you chose to not cover this aspect of the product, which in my mind makes the review incomplete, especially for people who are looking for an all in one DAC + headphone amp + integrated amp solution.<br /> <br /> If any other readers have experience with the Nova and Benchmark products' headphone sections, please post your impressions, it would be greatly appreciated.

... you didn't pepper your review with the names of several obscure tracks by obscure artists on obscure labels to show how serious you are about "the music." You're likely to get drummed out of the audio equipment reviewer's association for that oversight.<br /> <br /> Like several other commenters, I am new to this website, and was drawn to it because I'm interested in the Nova for use in my home office. Peachtree's new Decco2 product looks interesting as well, at a very nice price point. Since I have only one music source (a Mac connected by Toslink), I don't need the extra inputs and should be just fine with somewhat lower power. From all I've seen, the DAC, preamp, and headphone sections of the Decco2 are identical to the Nova (please correct me if I'm wrong.)<br /> <br /> I do wish the form factor of the Nova/Decco products were smaller; the one thing that I don't like about the Nova is that it is larger than I would like; in many home offices space (especially desk space) is at a premium. I have no interest in a Sonus or similar device, so the compartment in the Nova/Decco is just wasted. I am also interested in the Wadia PowerDAC 151 specifically because of its small form factor--that is, I would be interested in it if Wadia ever actually ships the damned thing...