Yeah, as I said, I've completely yanked the NAD Pre/Pro as a component from my system. Right now, I'm just using the Sonos as a Pre and it's doing OK.
I should have noted previously that all I'm really after right now is a good mid-fi system. Like you, I also have a list of things that I want to get and am just waiting for the money to show up. Still, I also felt that a decent DAC would help out further, so I took the economy route. I ordered an Emotiva XDA-1 last night and it will be here Monday. Since I'm running all digital, the Emotiva will do duty as a switcher as well, although I'm not wild about the thought of using it as a Pre, so I have my eye on an Axiom passive Pre. Its having only one input will do me just nicely with my setup and it's CHEAP. I'm just gonna wait until the XDA-1 gets here and check it out as a Pre and see what happens.
The DAC should be a good match for my amp, since it's rated at a nominal 1V output on the unbalanced outs and my amp is rated as delivering full power with 1V in. I am hoping that the Emotiva will work out as a Pre. If it does, then all I'll really NEED to do is grab myself a better than run of the mill CD player for serious listening (or what I call serious listening).
I think I'm going to abandon the idea of having a digital setup for hi-res. There just isn't enough of it out there to make it worthwhile. Not right now, anyway.
I should have noted previously that all I'm really after right now is a good mid-fi system. Like you, I also have a list of things that I want to get and am just waiting for the money to show up. Still, I also felt that a decent DAC would help out further, so I took the economy route. I ordered an Emotiva XDA-1 last night and it will be here Monday. Since I'm running all digital, the Emotiva will do duty as a switcher as well, although I'm not wild about the thought of using it as a Pre, so I have my eye on an Axiom passive Pre. Its having only one input will do me just nicely with my setup and it's CHEAP. I'm just gonna wait until the XDA-1 gets here and check it out as a Pre and see what happens.
The DAC should be a good match for my amp, since it's rated at a nominal 1V output on the unbalanced outs and my amp is rated as delivering full power with 1V in. I am hoping that the Emotiva will work out as a Pre. If it does, then all I'll really NEED to do is grab myself a better than run of the mill CD player for serious listening (or what I call serious listening).
I think I'm going to abandon the idea of having a digital setup for hi-res. There just isn't enough of it out there to make it worthwhile. Not right now, anyway.