Battery powered DAC

KC:

Per Sedond's 7/24 post higher capacity batteries are available for a $100 upcharge (this includes a larger case to house them).

wow , does this dac sound close to the more expesive Audio note (which has tubes output ).
Can anyone comment . And how close in% does it get as forget about the $ .. Thanks js

pianojoe, i don't have direct experience, but the comments towards the end of the following thread may be of interest to ya:

http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=4293&start=10

doug s.

I compared the Nixon with the similar Ack! and immediately chose the Ack!. I have since compared it favorably to the EAD DSP 7000 III and with a very nice and smooth recent Van Alstine. The Ack! runs on batteries, always a major improvement, with the added advantage of no powercord to imrove upon. I've upgraded my Ack! significantly by replacing the 3.3 mF AuraCaps with Dynamicaps, a pair of 5 mF and a .01 bypass per channel. It really opened up and the bass improved big time. I use it with an EAD T1000 with a Mapleshade/Insound Zepher dig link. Extremely open yet smooth, dead silent with wonderfull dynamics; the best I've heard.

Thanks for your contribution Piedpiper. May I ask what are the sonic differences you heard between the Ack and the Nixon? Which Nixon did you audition? And, briefly, what's your system like?