Thought I should chip in here. I recently had a 523 on loan.
Super piece of gear....beautifully built...and heavy!
Very, very smooth sounding. Hard to fault.
I have an all digital setup and my Mytek Manhattan II DAC has an excellent analog pre-amp so adding something like the 523 means spending a lot of coin for very marginal improvement.
The 523 gets my highest recommendation, but it was also eye opening as to how good things can sound direct from a great DAC.
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