Finally got my DAC-60 with Sonicraft mods.
My take on this so far...
Build Quality
Build like a tank. No jumper wires, etc. Heavy duty.
Mod Quality
Couldn't even tell unit was modified, all work clean and professional. Thats one big BlackGate capacitor, even too big to fit on the board so it was mounted next to it!
Sound Quality
System setup: Computer FLAC(Foobar2000)->(Coax)Perpetual P-1a with SOCS->(Coax)DAC-60->Onix A-120 w/ModWright mods->Onix Ref 3.
This was compared against my Perpetual P-3a w/ModWright Level II mods hooked up to the P-1a via I2S. Unsing the A-120 I could switch between them.
Seemed to take a little while for the DAC-60 to warm up before it would output (30 seconds?).
From my unscientific testing it seems that the DAC-60 had slightly better detail and blackness.
There was a slight volume difference, and the wife was too pissed about me getting more stereo stuff to help me try to at least do it blind (have her set it up and switch it without me knowing what I was listening to).
Hopefully, getting her something nice for Valentines day will persuade her to help me out.
It's hard to make judgements when you know which one is which. Always want the "new" one to be better. My lack of experience in these matters dosen't help either.
Right now I prefer the DAC-60. I'm going to break it in some more and see what happens. Also, when I have time I will take the P-1a(SOCS and interpolation) out of the loop and just compare the two dacs.
Anyone from the Chicagoland area interested in hearing it let me know.