@audiotroy - upgradability is good to know
After the TAS and other reviews, the 432EVO Aeon’s quality seems worth its price and has the possibility to sound uniquely subjectively better. I may have stopped upgrading with my Zenith Mk3, but am bummed that with Roon sonics decrease. Then I got the sonic bargain Linn DSM/2 with Organik DAC streamer/DAC, but still needed a Roon Core somewhere. So, if I got a 2.5k Roon Nucleus Plus plus the option to upgrade the server later, is it better than just paying for the 432EVO now for a 5k increase? This kind of thinking is hard on my wallet.