Khr p ! Yep, here in the land of, er, smiles....
I haven't priced the Chord here, though I have seen it, in Paragon funnily enough....I would check Singapore also...To be honest, if I went that route, I'd probably think about a used/demo model as I don't want to spend so much...It's just to go in-line for for anything coming from a NAS and AppleTV, connecting to the Naim gear I'm planning to get....Although, a good listen and reviews of the HDX may negate all of this, should I win the lottery...
It's difficult to get meaningful demos here, especially across different brands and mixed components, so I tend to do that sort of thing if/when back in the UK....If the Chord is on the clinical side, I'll have to check it out for sure, especially if it's going to be connected to Naim amps, may be a worry.......thinking of clinical, that reminds me of the Cyrus DACX, but I hadn't counted that in due to that vey aspect of the sound...I don't mind clinical, I just don't like bright and lack of body in a sound....