The Evolution DAC is a slim, elegant, extremely well-built DAC, with a tasteful laser-cut logo cut into the top of the chamfered edge of its thick aluminium top-plate. The controls are on the face of things simple, with one knob selecting the input as standard, the other adjusts volume if not set to full output. These also control power and mute functions and select and navigate the menu options. These options are replicated on a solid remote handset, but this has individual buttons for each function. The handset is large enough that it isn’t festooned with tiny, unintelligible functions, and yet fits well in the hand. It’s also beefy enough for hand-to-hand combat should the need arise… if someone is hogging the music server, for example.