Best steaming DAC with room correction


I'm looking to upgrade from my current streaming set up which is Google Chromecast audio feeding into a McIntosh 6700.  My speakers are the Revel 228 Be.  I listen to 100% streaming content; most Amazon HD.  Budget is 5K or less.  I really like Amazon HD over Tidal so that feature is a must. I also have a suboptimal living room set-up; hence the need for room correction.  I was leaning towards the NAD 658.  Thanks for any suggestions audiophiles!

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Showing 1 response by jnehma1

What Anthem units are streaming DACs? As far as I am aware, there is only one product on the market that is a streaming DAC with room correction that ISN'T also an integrated amp, and that's the NAD C-658 you already mentioned. If you look at using an integrated amp, you get some additional possibilities. All of these have pre-outs for external amplification, if you don't want to use the in-built amps:

NAD M10 
NAD M33
Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 (over budget but can be had under $5k used)
Arcam SA-30 
Micromega M100 / M150

You could potentially count Devialet too with SAM, but that is speaker specific so you have to own a pair of speakers they have a profile built for.

If you drop room correction from the list, more options open up (ELAC DDP-2, for example).