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<div class="entry-content" readability="40.3159851301"><img src="http://www.tonepublications.com/media/emotiva_XDA-2_2-580x232.jpg" alt="Emotiva XDA-2 Review" class="thumbnail large post-image" /><p>John Darko from Digital Audio Review takes an in-depth look and listen at Emotiva’s latest DAC/digital preamp, the XDA-2…</p>
<p>My*<a href="http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2011/08/emotiva-xda-1-dac/" target="_blank">first slice of Emotiva DAC coverage</a> appeared nearly two years ago. In 2011, I found the XDA-1 to be a bit of a bargain – US$399 for a (then) better-than-average sound atop a killer feature set: remote controllable digital pre-amp with balance outputs. Back then, very few DACs in the shallow end of the budget market could compete with such a high value proposition. More crucially, the XDA-1 offered a sound that didn’t screech or scratch its nails down the chalkboard despite being solid with detail dig and widescreen musical staging. *After teasing with 12 months of trade show demos, the XDA-2 (US$399) finally drops.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2013/04/emotiva-xda-2-dac-review/" target="_blank">Please click here to read the rest of his review:</a></p>
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[Source: http://www.tonepublications.com/macro/emotiva-xda-1-review/]
<p>My*<a href="http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2011/08/emotiva-xda-1-dac/" target="_blank">first slice of Emotiva DAC coverage</a> appeared nearly two years ago. In 2011, I found the XDA-1 to be a bit of a bargain – US$399 for a (then) better-than-average sound atop a killer feature set: remote controllable digital pre-amp with balance outputs. Back then, very few DACs in the shallow end of the budget market could compete with such a high value proposition. More crucially, the XDA-1 offered a sound that didn’t screech or scratch its nails down the chalkboard despite being solid with detail dig and widescreen musical staging. *After teasing with 12 months of trade show demos, the XDA-2 (US$399) finally drops.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2013/04/emotiva-xda-2-dac-review/" target="_blank">Please click here to read the rest of his review:</a></p>
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[Source: http://www.tonepublications.com/macro/emotiva-xda-1-review/]