I am also intrigued by this new DAC. However, I am also a pretty big fan of the Emotiva, both from an SQ and build quality perspective. Haven't heard the Schitt, so no comment there.
That sounds cool Bryan. I will be taking the Metra from our hotel downtown so I think 7 pm sounds good for me. I don't know if they take reservations so I will check on that.
That's pretty cool Ian. My wife and her sister did the Hell Run in Chicago at the beginning of the month. The Warrior Dash looks very similar. The question is did Coolio make an appearance at the Warrior Dash?
Because of where the electronics need to be relative to the speakers the right speaker needed a significantly longer cable. I didn't have any long enough so had a pair made by Audio advisor. The longer cable was defective and so now I am just in a bad mood. So now I have the amp in a non optimal position so I can use the old speaker cables from another setup. I also like the idea of fewer cables and buying more new stuff.
I think I am going to go with the Airmotiv 5 for work. The right AE5 started to distort so I have to replace them. I am currently running a pair of Wharfdales with a zamp. It sounds fine but the additional box and cables has turned out to be a noninsignificant hassle.