I got the M-Dac today, and must say it is a VERY impressive bit of kit! Glad I didnt go for the Q-Dac, definately a good move, think i always would have regretted buying the Q-Dac...whether it was worth the extra £300 will always be a bit of an unknown i suppose as i never tried it with my system. Getting £60 off a brand new M-Dac sealed the deal!
The upgraded Dacmagic 1 I have sounded pretty good (considering the age of the thing), but WOW is all i can really say about the M-Dac so far, Bottom end is tighter, midrange/vocals have been opened up, the stereo image seems larger (if thats possible with the 104/2's), and the top end is far more detaled.
Not to mention the wealth of features it offers, links in with foobar2000 a treat and you can control foobar with the M-Dac remote. Very handy indeed
The filters, although subtle offer slight tweaks to the sound, i have only listened for a few hours, but have been using Optimal Spectrum so far. Only problem i have is i dont want to stop listening and may not get to bed this week
Ordered an optical cable for the ps3 and tivo box, so wait and see how they sound once it arrives. Just a budget cable from fleabay as im not really that fussed about those inputs.
Im now looking at the upgraded psu for my next purchase..Anyone used the Swagmanlab Linear PSU with 2 toroidals? ....its half the price of the others available but cant really find any reviews, it looks the dogs though!