This was my point also!
Not come across them before - I’ll have read up. What do you use as a transport?
Ah OK well then I'm happy to help introduce you. They are a Polish company, very successful and gaining a worldwide reputation for building among the best DACs available. They are well known for using valves in their output stage and having a very organic, dare I say 'analogue' sound to them. Their breakthrough product, and also their original flagship DAC, was the Golden Gate, using DHT triode output (which is what I have).
Their current designs have moved away from DHT (because it's getting really hard to buy any DHT triode, perhaps with the exception of the 300B), so their current flagship, the Horizon and their newly launched (last week), Poseidon, both use pentodes, as does the Atlantic TRP, which is more budget friendly. The Amber and Baltic still uses DHT triodes. All models are designed to allow tube rolling, with the pentode designs offering far greater scope for this. Being able to fine tune the character is a big part of the appeal.
My Golden Gate has been used extensivey with 300Bs, 45s and 242s in the output stage, with the 242 being easily my favourite. 300B is lovely but it needs to be a good tube to be really enjoyable.
They're distribute by Greg Dryglla at G-Point Audio -
http://gpoint-audio.com/contact/ - I know Greg really well; he's incredibly knowledgable and passionate.
One word about going active. If you like what you currently have and want to exagerate it, then active will do that. But keep in mind that going active will also exagerate any weaknesses in your system; if you ever found yourself feeling a little fatigued or like your ears might be able to bleed, then the active route is going to really amplify that problem.
I've heard a reasonably high end active Naim system (NDS, 555PS, 252/300, Ovators) and it was dreadful; so harsh and tiring I couldn't bear to spend time with it. Interestingly, the owner reached the same conclusion and traded everyhting in and started from scratch. He how has a system that balances all the best attributes of a Naim approach without any of the fatiguing or tiring elements.