Mahler123, the answer is yes sort of. If you just use two speakers you can use a DAC after a room control unit by taking a digital output. The problem comes when using sub woofers. Now you need two 2 channel DACs. The good room control units allow tailoring the entire frequency band including and probably most importantly the bass. They include bass management software which gives you the best subwoofer integration possible. Units Such as the Anthem STR, DEQX and the Trinnov Amethyst include 4 DAC channels. IMHO a complete unit is the best way to go. If you do not use subwoofers and have a DAC there are certainly less expensive ways to go but, warning, bass can deviate +- 10 dB. Correcting this requires a speaker of massive power handling and a very powerful amp. You can deal with this by going into the program and reversing some of the correction to keep yourself from clipping amps and blown speakers.