Some more background:
Update. I auditioned a Weiss 502 for about a month. Very fine piece of equipment that was quite frankly built better (not as flashy, but better connections and knob feel) than my McIntosh C2700 pre-amp. I fully expected to find that the Weiss was audibly better than the C2700's DA2. Using Roon, and setting up a zone with both the Weiss connected via ethernet and the DA2 to my PC via USB, I was able to easily accommodate A/B comparison, and then a double-blind test. My son (who is a musician) and I both took the test and really could not tell the difference. The rest of my system is an MC 462 and B&W 802 D4s, so you'd think it would be resolving enough to tell the tale. The sound really is quite good, but now I am back to looking at the source because thinking about it some more, maybe that's my first constraint as my PC is in no way optimized for sound, though I do use an AQ Coffee USB cable. So now I am back to N20 or N200 to be sure my source is as good as I can practically afford, and then try another DAC (based on another technology - maybe a PSAudio DSD MkII or the T+A DAC 200 or Holo May or second-hand dCS Bartok). Thoughts? Thanks All. -Mark