S.I. T-Amp + Zero DAC

[King of Heroes]

Come Christmas I wanted to upgrade the sound system in my sig a little, which has been very good to me so far. I realize that's still a very long ways off, but I thought I'd ask now so I could at least get an early start in saving up.

The Zero DAC has been brought up alot on this forum and after reading Head-Fi's review on it I thought it'd be a nice, and cheap, addition as a headphone/pre-amp. The guy who wrote the Head-Fi review tested it with a S.I. T-Amp (though a much more expensive one than I have) and it seemed to make a big difference to him. If I get it I'll be using the TOSlink optical out on my X-Fi Titanium. Since I only use stereo I don't think I'd have to worry about compression for EAX or anything else.

I wanted to ask the forum and see if anyone else has done something similar and if it made a difference for them. Or would I be better off just getting a better amp or bookshelves?

Also:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ZERO-24-192-DAC...ryZ14978QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem <-- Is Ebay the only place to get a Zero DAC? Whenever I Google it all I get are reviews, but no online retailer that carries it.

 

[Godmachine]

Come Christmas I wanted to upgrade the sound system in my sig a little, which has been very good to me so far. I realize that's still a very long ways off, but I thought I'd ask now so I could at least get an early start in saving up.

The Zero DAC has been brought up alot on this forum and after reading Head-Fi's review on it I thought it'd be a nice, and cheap, addition as a headphone/pre-amp. The guy who wrote the Head-Fi review tested it with a S.I. T-Amp (though a much more expensive one than I have) and it seemed to make a big difference to him. If I get it I'll be using the TOSlink optical out on my X-Fi Titanium. Since I only use stereo I don't think I'd have to worry about compression for EAX or anything else.

I wanted to ask the forum and see if anyone else has done something similar and if it made a difference for them. Or would I be better off just getting a better amp or bookshelves?

Also:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ZERO-24-192-DAC...ryZ14978QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem <-- Is Ebay the only place to get a Zero DAC? Whenever I Google it all I get are reviews, but no online retailer that carries it.

Yep its made and shipped to order from china I believe so ..thats basicly the only place to get it unless you find someone in the states that wants to offload it.