Streamers rabbit hole

The Nagra streamer is likely a repackaged Playback Designs streamer. The Nagra is likely $5k and the PBD is maybe $3k. I owned the older PDB STREAM-IF and it was an excellent streamer. I sold it to someone who owned the $25k PBD Dream DAC. Do some research on the 50k Nagra DAC and PBD.

The STREAM-IF was as good as the Sonore OpticalRendu streamer and the Lumin X1. I owned all 3 at the same time.

One of my 3 Sonore Optical Rendu's died today. It lasted for a very long time. When 1 more OpticalRendu dies I will buy the Lumin U2 Streamer.

@goodlistening64 I’m not following you. First, my amplifiers are in a cabinet I built in the crawl space under my family room and don’t impact my cabinet space. I prefer separates. I use passive subwoofers with a nice amp, again sub amps in the crawl space cabinet. I hate eARC and don’t use it on my AV preamp or OLED. Does the NAD have Home Theater Bypass so I can share the FL and FR speakers, subwoofers, and separate amplifiers with both the AVM 90 and STR? USB DAC input? Even the STR Integrated can’t use subwoofers in HTB and I use all XLR except for zone 2 on the Anthem AVM 90. Stereo sub bass management? ( I sum them anyway). I’m glad you like to promote the NAD and it seems like a very nice Integrated but I am very happy with my current setup and it will be even better once I connect my Innuos Stream1.​​​​​​

I have been happy with Cambridge Audio streamers, but the OP apparently was not.  

Goldnote DS10 Evo for $3700.  Another $1500(ish) for the external power supply takes it to another level.  

@george_r 

You can use any preamp with a home theater system. The bypass is just so you don't have to set the volume from the preamp- its controlled by the remote of the home theater. 

I have an NAD purifi based amplifier, and a previous A/B amp from NAD which the C298 replaced. Class D has arrived and outside a straight-up Class A amplifier, I will not be going back to an amplifier that produces unwanted heat. I am not here to tout any manufacturer, only to share experiences to help others as this site has assisted me over the years to understand how to get better sound without spending a fortune.

If you have constructed shelving underneath your floor, you surely do have space issues. But an amplifier- any electronic device- which is placed outside a controlled environment will be subject to temperature fluctuations, moisture, dust, and vibrations which all pose significant risks to the sensitive electronics within an amplifier. Assume you have a trap door? Got photos? Your cable runs must be lengthy!

Not sure what you were trying to gauge or accomplish with your first post that invoked my handle, but I was trying to help. If you were not looking for help with your rig, what was your intention?