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There are some good ones. The first I was aware of was the Sharp SM-SX100 , but that was a while ago and things have moved on.The concept of "power DAC" has always been appealing in the way it seems to bypass a number of audio stages. But so far, I have not seen any implementation that performs very well. Some things are not intuitive and this is one of them!
I currently use a Sony TA-DA9100ES, which is a multi channel power DAC. I used to debate with myself whether it was a DAC with no amplifier, or an amplifier with no DAC. I think it was the latter.
Anyway it sounds very good, and saw off a lot of good competition. I'd love you to measure it, but its very heavy and its a long way. I recently got an E1DA ADC, so will try to satisfy my curiosity myself.
Nick