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Gkelly and Bob

THANK YOU!!! I’ll research that and like jl35 said “I’m bellow what my speakers and amp deserve”

thank for opening my eyes!

@jl35

+1

I agree. You are feeding a very good integrated amp / speakers with very inferior signal. This is very much limiting the output you are hearing.

You sound like you ran out of interest in the pursuit and feel somewhat let down. Am I reading too much into your words?

If you want to optimize your system, then an appropriate investment would be about $7K for a streamer and $7K for a DAC. I would recommend a used Aurrender N10 for a streamer. I’d have to do a bit of research on a DAC you could get… maybe a used Berkeley Alpha? Audio Research Reference DAC 9. These components would significantly boost the performance of your system to what it is capable of.

I think you’re right Jl35. I bought the speakers about 2 months ago. I was using them with a NAD M33. But I couldn’t get the full potential out of those speakers. So I just purchased the Vitus. 
so now the weakest link or the next upgrade should be the DAC and the streamer. 
should I do the DAC first?

if you like the Denafrips you could look higher up their lineup, while you look for a streamer that you like...a streamer where the user interface works for you...