Ricred1 8-20-2016 10:19 am edtAn emphatic +1!
Charles,
In addition, I really respect the way you respond to threads.
Richard (Ricred1), I have no knowledge of the sonics of the Aavik U300, but personally I would be concerned that its lack of balanced inputs and the low 10K input impedance of its line-level analog inputs would both significantly constrain future choices of source components. And for that matter I would wonder if the unbalanced outputs of your Aeris DAC, which you would have to use with the Aavik, would sound as good as its transformer coupled balanced outputs that I presume you are presently using.
In any event, good luck as you proceed.
Best regards,
-- Al