Emm Labs CDSA 'X' upgrade

My friend in Hong Kong bought a new CDSA SE 4 weeks ago. It's still labelled as CDSA SE and doesn't have any indication of whether it has the new circuit board or not.

Is it a remaining stock of CDSA SE or is it already installed with the new 'X' board?

Will there be a formal 'CDSA X' soon?

Thanks for your advice in advance.

The X upgrade is not sold with a new CDSA SE I'm
pretty sure.
You need to buy one and then send it to EMM for the upgrade.
The only physical evidence of the upgrade is the removal
of the level switch on the back panel.

Rgs92, Thanks!

I will remind my friend to check the back of his CDSA SE.

So the upgraded X version can't have output level adjustment?

I wonder whether EMM Labs will formally launch a CDSA X since the internal circuit board changes & sonic improvement are not trivial.

My review is here on audiogon:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?rdgtl&1299732698&openmine&zzRgs92&4&5#Rgs92

No, the output level is fixed. I never really understood the purpose of that switch on the CDSA anyway.

Thanks Rgs92, have you compared your CDSA SE with X upgrade to Playback MPS-5 or EMM Labs XDS-1 or TDS1+DAC2?

Even if I install the X upgrade on an used CDSA SE , the total cost will be similar to a Playback MPS-5.

Thanks for your advice in advance!