Music Hall vs. Schiit

The Gungnir connected to the CXC clicks like crazy when CXC in Pause.  You might want to check to see if the Modi does the same.

What @twoleftears  said.

Thank you. I will look into this.
As far as "musicality signature" of the 3 DACs I mentioned, any thoughts or recommendations?

I know I'll get hate mail for this but sell your prized preamp.  ARC stuff, and I owned an ARC pre is very analytical and approached sold state sound,  I am not going to suggest something in particular but you want a pre that uses octals.  There is more than one guy around who makes these. Get some Cardas gold refs or gold something close, but not their current line. I think you will be surprised.  If you get warm sound out of your speakers it may be too much.  I went through this myself, without the DAC element.  A lot of solid state will flatten the sound but which element it is may be hard to pinpoint.