Bragging rights.....

Yep… My Folks had the same idea in the 60’s with our Magnavox Console TV / Stereo Unit…LOL 

Funny What’s Old is New Again… Separates at one time were thought to be the “Leading Edge”

As for me… Too much under the hood ! Just ditched my NAD C658 after a week of ownership being it was so buggy requiring numerous factory resets to unfreeze the unit. Heck, spent more time fussing with the thing than listening. Until the Mfg’s trying to be more profitable stop jamming all this stuff in to one chassis with the barest of power supply’s with app’s that you’re their beta tester on, Thanks but No Thanks… I’ll stick with my separates.

@mapman: I look at that move similarly (in a way) as moving from an amp and preamp to an integrated unit. Nothing wrong with that especially if you are happy with what you hear. I would definitely want to hold onto my separate components for a long while, just to be certain what you are truly hearing, and/or you don't get the hankering again for separate components or to assemble another separate system. It's funny how that can happen over time.

mapman,

Welcome to future-fi.

I bought my Evo 150 about 6 months or so ago, traded a Cambridge receiver for it, so my system wasn't high end to begin with. I wasn't all that happy with it, the Evo, Roon and Tidal, until recently when I purchased the Ethernet Media Converter from Small Green Computer $350.00 plus 14. shipping, Now I listen tapping my toes and a smile. 

@mapman Congratulations on your new purchase.  A few questions:. You went from a very powerful Bel Canto amp to an all in one rated to deliver much less wattage.  Your Ohms are fine with that?  You used to insist that the Ohms did better when fed a lot of power.  Also, I know the LS50s have many fans, but as a fellow Ohm owner, I don't get your affinity for the KEF speakers.  I have heard the LS50s many times, and with good gear and careful setups, and like most other KEFs I have heard, found them hyper detailed, bright, thin and grainy sounding.  Since we are both used to the Ohm house sound, I find it odd that you like the KEF house sound.

All that said, I will continue with my double wide rack of gear, including a digital chain that is looking more and more like a Rube Goldberg contraption these days.

Ditto for bondman re the potential need to change the entire audio unit if you change speakers. For my system, which includes tubes, I need to push four "on" buttons and wait two minutes for warm-up while I'm deciding what to play. That's immeasurable effort and no wasted time.. So what's the problem that you need to solve to go to single combined-function  gear? Also, note that DACs differ widely and they are rapidly improving; do you intend to change out your single unit every time there is an advance in DACs? I think this is the wrong time to be switching to a single unit audio system.