I am interested in the component but haven’t heard it. I own 2 CXN 60, and have also owned the Node. I was considering the A10 for my basement HT system, which lacks a streamer since a Node died down there a few years ago.
Since you aren’t going to be using the DAC, the question is what advantages will the CA have over the Node as a streamer? I can say that for the CXN 60 the images are more solid than the Node, and the CA offers Chromecast, which I really like.