YBA Design WD202 USB DAC

Doug Blackburn has posted a review of the YBA Design WD202 USB DAC ($879) at Goodsound. His conclusions:

While not perfect in every way, the YBA Design WD202 DAC is a good performer in a growing group of digital-to-analog converters in the $800-$1000 range. Its sound was articulate, enjoyable, and musical, with a slight bias toward a little extra romance, beauty, and warmth, and its input switching and variable volume control mean that it can be used as a DAC-preamp in an all-digital system. If you rely on USB to feed your DAC with 24-bit or higher-than-48kHz files, the WD202 isn’t the DAC you want — but if you can send hi-rez files via digital coaxial or TosLink, the YBA will work fine with your downloads. And if you need all its features, the WD202’s $879 price makes it well worth considering.

You can read the full review here.