compass owner..ayone played with asio4all? it seems i have static noise when played with asio4all..

fyi, C2C is only headphone amp, no DAC.

since you already have citypulse, i doubt that the difference will not big, why not go for a higher end DAC from audio-gd? 
DAC Reference One   
DAC -  19MK3

eh,i saw citypulse 2.03e there!how is it compare to this compas??
i keep thinking want to get this compas or not..i already own citypulse..

Yes, that the initial plan, I actually e-mail Kingwa asking him to put cast output to the 19MK3 after reading in head-fi forum
that someone already did that but his reply mirrored yours i.e unbalanced out to balanced cast in won't get full potential.
What's stopping me from going higher is lack of USB i/p ( price too but I'd buy dsp base if usb i/p avail ) also my power amp
does not have XLR input. I am not a serious headphone user, most of my listening through normal amp+speaker. What attract me to 'Phoenix' is not the balanced config but the combination of amp+head amp with remote.