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Have gold note ds10 and evo power supply as Roon End point and it is end game good - sounds fab on my full range and monitor systems.  You can get the units on sale or used/ demo.   The power supply color is immaterial since placed at least a shelf below and to the left of the streamer/ DAC.   If you have a great preamp just use streamer/ DAC.

@ryanvt Gold note comes up a lot, thanks for your suggestion. I will look into this further, for sure!

I’m sorry I did not read all the post, someone may have already suggested this. If you can add a DDC a nice usb and a silver or very nice short I2s cable. This will help dig much deeper into the recording. Everything will be more pronounced and natural.
 

I was going up upgrade my dac but gave this a shot first and very amazed at the improvement. I would not skimp on the cables at least the i2s/hdmi.

Yes, cables can have profound influences on sound quality. I used to think that cables had less impact on the overall sound quality of my systems than a component change. Now, I think of them as a component change. 

@paulcreed I have read a bit about the DDC on the Gustard R26 thread but it gets a little confusing when it comes to the i2s cable. It sounds like it’s difficult to match up for some reason? I will try to decipher this better, time permitting. Thank you.

@nrthomas2 yes, I definitely want to change out some cables, @audphile1 had some good suggestions, I just need to figure the exact, best option for my Martin Logan speakers first, so I will have to go back and read his comments. Thank you as well.