I was fortunate to do an in home demo on a Slovakian Canor 2.10 Dac. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the overall presentation of the music. It uses ESS chips for retrieval with a tube output stage. The clarity was very good, with the tubes giving it that smooth, silky sound. I was told you could upgrade the tubes to get even more from this DAC.
Absolute Sound has a review out if you want to check it out… highly recommended.
Wondering if anyone else has had a chance to listen to this dac ? I am still hunting, need to listen to a R2R dac before making my decision, but I have it high on the list.