compass_rose2

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Who uses ADS Speakers
Still cranking with my ‘80s still so awesome L1090 towers…in fact, playing a St. Germain playlist as I write…Class D Hypex amp, if anyone’s interested…mellow, mellow sounds.  
DAC as a preamp?
Second the Schiit SYS...currently use in injunction with Gustard A18 DAC and output SYS to amp...yes, one loses convenience of remote, but alternative was to offset DAC by ca. -30dB, with possible bit loss on lower vol. playback.   
My ears are ready to retire!
I’d suggest you log onto the ASR website, in order to help guide you to your next point(s) of reference:https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.phpVery cleansing, gets you back to a rational approach to musical enjoyment. 
Better XLR/RCA adapters
Just installed XLR > RCA pair, Canare L4E6S star-quad, 1M pr., $30 from GhentAudio.com, Shanghai.  Came in ca. two weeks...excellent product, ordered RCA > XLR complementary pair...highly recommended vendor. 
Vexing Problem
First-World problems, mate...get over it. 
Qobuz Trial
Joined recently @ “Studio” level...awesome quality of playback via USB > DAC.  Keeping AMZN HD while trial free to Premium members, but find that we gravitate to Qobuz nearly always.  Also - FWIW - signed up for the trial Audirvana app for opti...