I could do that, but for two things. First, I’m assuming the DAC in the A-8 is better than the one in the Marantz. True, or no? Second, from what I can see from reading the manual, I’d lose the ability to bi-amp the Ushers if I connect them and all four Bose to the Marantz, or else I’d have to use the Ushers as the front channel speakers and two Bose as the rest channel in a 5.1 setup. Not sure how mixing those would sound.
Have I fallen down the rabbit hole, or achieved clarity . . .
I started out asking about streamers, versus using HEOS in my fairly new Marantz AV7706. I got a lot of good advice and suggestions, but those led to the conclusion that for listening to music, I really needed new speakers (I have been using four Bose 901 Vs for years in my HT set-up). I purchased new speakers, am waiting for them to arrive, and am back looking at streamers again.
In looking at the EverSolo DMP-A8 (not sold on this, but considering it), it occurs to me that to achieve my goal of being able to switch between 5.1 HT for TV and movies, and my stereo set-up for music listening, I can basically set up two separate systems. For HT, use my AV7706 going into a Parasound A51 powering the Bose 901s, Klipsch RC-64 center channel and a Monolith M-10 sub. If I get the EverSolo (or something similar), I would connect it to my second Parasound A51, bi-amping my Usher Mini-2 Diamonds for music listening. I’d been puzzling over how to run everything through the Marantz, and then today it occured to me "Why?".
Am I wrong?