I have not spent much time with it to say a lot but am hoping to change that soon. My first impressions are that there is a lot more details, compared to the DAC-9, and possibly a wider soundstage. Missing a bit of the DAC-9's smoothness for now. I will be using my system a bit more extensively, including my analog setup hooked to the Evo DAC-2 and may have more observations to share after.