Aradiq, thanks for the response which was surely appreciated. Your advice makes a lot of sense, more so when the 10 year old Luxman costs $3k instead of $2k, a mint condition demo unit. The Denafrips Terminator 2 costs $4,500 and has compared favorably to the Chord Dave, hence I’m not surprised that the Terminator beats the Luxman in all areas. I have the Chord Qbd76 which is the predecessor to the DAVE, and it sounds great in my system.
I was deciding between the Luxman DAC and REL subwoofer earlier and your post has made it easier for me.