Anyone know how good MHDT Labs Paradisea DAC is?

Gotta love Google and Stereophile...

From the Stereophile Test Measurements of their review of the

SP-16L preamp and VS110 amplifier:

...the input impedance [of the SP-16L] was a moderately high 43k ohms over most of the band, this dropping to a still high 38k ohms at
20kHz.

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43k ohms is an input impedance spec that would indicate a good match with a component that has a high output impedance. Therefore, bass response (and treble response) would be extended and sound very good when mating the MHDT Labs DAC with the ARC SP-16L preamp.

I upgraded the power cable ($60 used), digital cable ($70 used), and tube (Western Electric 396A $25).
To my ear, the tube upgrade brought more positive sound than the two cables combined. Now, it is not hard to notice that mhdt with my Marantz DR700 CD player sounds better than the CD player alone.

Tvad,

It's really great to have true audiophiles, that will also share their knowledge without charge. That's just one of the many major parts of this hobby I also enjoy, the love of our hobby to no end. Keep up the good work, more people than you know are reading ...........

Hi, You guys all seam pretty fluent in equipment! I'm not there yet!! Looking for some comments...

I stumbled on the MHDT Havana and Paradidea as I'm looking for a DAC to go between a common CD player and my Mcintosh C11 preamp (I have a original MC275 after that). I can't seam to figure out what the difference between the 2 models is (I contacted him thru ebay) but, I see a lot of people had problem matching it to their premap's. Anyone have a clue if it will match well with my C11 preamp?

I went to 2 dealers in New York and I liked the sound of the primaluna prologue 8 versus a Naim player (I only heard 2 for now) so I think I want to get a Tube Dac to try and recreate that sound. Unfortunately we do not have patience for a 1 disc cd player in our house so we want to stay with a mediocre 6 disc changer + get a great Dac to make up for it's deficiencies.

I'm sure you guys have millions of suggestions, if you have any for me, let me know!
Thanks