I have taken great pleasure in building a system around the Nenuphars, first concentrating, like most new owners, on optimal pairings of pre amp and amp--optimal to my taste of course. I never thought I'd be one to indulge more than one "taste" but I find myself with a "stable" of three units that I use singly or in combination. I change them out periodically and enjoy their individual strengths. They are the Vinnie Rossie L2iSE, the Enleum 23R and the Decware Zen Triode Anniversary Edition. But all along I knew once I had the power and pre questions answered, I would next have to address my digital front end. For years I've been listening to the very musical Totaldac D-1 Dual. Despite my enjoyment I knew it was not the last word on detail, bass, imaging and tonal accuracy. A long search and many auditions has ended up with my replacing it with a Playback Designs MPD 8 Dream DAC. After 500 hours of break in I can report extreme satisfaction, beyond in fact anything I was anticipating. The Nenuphars soak up every iota of this upgrade, sounding like new and better speakers in every way. They keep revealing themselves as true transducers of what goes before them. The magic they now create with the MPD 8 makes each recording unique, hearing the essence of music like I've never heard it before.