Jerry Ozment has a new dac out...

He didn't say. he DID say it's a huge step up(more continuous etc). Perrotta Consulting has one.

Check it out---www.highendaudio.com

Jerry Ozment has also designed DACs by Jadis, Altis, and VAC. His Dacs are tube designs and are incredible.

He MIGHT be able to upgrade my Altis. It won't be cheap, but I'm willing to take the gamble.

I spoke with Jerry. Basically, he always felt that the 20-bit chips from the original Model 34 DAC were the best-sounding ones he ever used, so what I understand he's done has been to make a one-box version of that DAC but with the transformer-coupled output stage. Since I still listen to some 24-bit/96khz discs from Classic Records, I'm ambivalent about updating my already updated Model 34 (I had Jerry replace the 20-bit chips with the 24-bit chips when Classic started coming out with DADs). But if you have a Model 34 with the transformer-coupled output stage mod and not the 24-bit chip upgrade, you essentially have a 34MXL.