Mac AIR v MiND 180 v Auralic ARIES v totaldac d1 server

[Confused]

It doesn't look like you have many doubts about the Totaldac's performance! Sounds like it was very impressive. What lead you yo trying this particular bit of kit in the first place? There are many, many, devices of this type about at the moment, some from more established manufactures such as Naim, Krell, Linn, Macintosh, NAD, you could list a dozen or more I think. Just curious what your thought process was?

Or maybe your planning to try a few more!