I recently designed and sold a system around the Dynaudio Exite speakers with a Peachtree Audio I-Nova with excellent results. With the separate DAC, you would not be able to select different Digital sources via remote (in most cases). It is also rare to have more than (1) toslink input on most stand-alone DACs which is helpful if you are connecting a Satellite receiver and an Apple TV (since Sat has lip-sync delay using the coaxial connection). I guess I like the integrated amplifiers that include a built-in DAC. The Bel Canto line is also a superb choice for this kind of component.
