Soley out of curiosity, I own one of the Emotiva CD3 players and unfortunately have little good to say about it. If I could, I would like to try yet another DAC with it, specifically the AudioQuest Dragon Red. Being as the AQ only allows for USB connection, is there an adapter to 'fix' this?
I mention it here because mechanically the Emotiva is good, but the rest of it, not so much. The OP could do something like this, maybe?