I heard about your amazing system via LL21 who I have lots of PMs with (he has the Zanden 4 box CD). Anyway, please can I ask your opinion?
I heard to had a demo on the Aries Cerat Kassandra DAC. Can I ask was it the Ref (1 box) or the Signature (2 box and significantly more expensive)? How was it compared to your TotalDAC 12? I have heard the TotalDAC dual, but not above that level. The reason I ask is I was considering a move to the Kassandra. I currently own the Audio Note UK DAC5 which is very good and fits my tastes / system well. But as we know, we want to know if there is 'more' out there!
The Kassandra has some ideas from Audio Note such as transformer I/V state and output transformers, plus the use of the AD1865 NOS and no filter like Audio Note, but in the case of the Kassandra 16 chips per side.
I only listen to rebook, and don't upsample. I use a custom music server stripped back just for music and use Ethernet output to SPDIF or AES to my DAC.
BTW fantastic system you have amused there! Can I also ask why not the C1 DAC with the X1 PS. Was the TotalDAC more to your liking?
Sorry, some questions there, I hope you can help.
Thank you in advance.

