One feature that would have been nice would have been to be able to adjust the negative feedback, which is very easy to implement.

I assume you are serious, but are you serious? It has an excellent sound stage that is layered with every good depth and width. I would try a different Elite.

This one is dedicated to just the dac.

When I built my DAC with the 1865 and on my speaker system, a few friends came over from time to time and just stare. They would look at me in disbelief. Now, with a Zotl output stage, I can only imagine what this will be like.

Rectiviers don't but if there is a bad rectifier, there can be an issue. It is ruling out any tube issues, including rectifiers. And I have heard distortion with rectifiers going bad as they could not supply the 1st stage of the rectified AC at spec. I use the Abyss with the B300MKII and no issues.

Almost sounds like, with those normal voltage outputs from the dacs, a power supply issue. Have you tried another set of rectifiers?

I like the cleaner sound of the DX260 and the Sony doesn't have very good power.

With the mesh off, I would imagine you also throw the timing off, with the highs arriving too soon.

Let them burn in

I built my own Dac using it. It was the best sounding Dac I have ever heard it was modeled after the $50,000. Audio Note Dac of the time. I even used audio note transformers. With a Zotl output, it should be great.

You would go with pads don’t breathe very much and with mesh that is not real open.

Having been in manufacturing, I normally go in higher, looking at the costs, the return and others most always come in lower and they go with that.

I would enjoy comparing the CC to my Sony R-10.

What is the price?

The MZ2 should do well. It works well with the Abyss. In fact it was at a show I was doing that a guy tried his Abyss on the MZ2 that he could not believe it could power them so well.