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Simaudio I-5 and Dynaudio Contour S 1.4
Just to complete the thread, I took the plunge and upgraded. Luckily, I was able to get a great deal on an I-5 LE, so it ended up being a bigger step up than I originally thought. Like all Sim gear, it will definitely take a while before it's full... 
Benchmark DAC1
Slov,1) You can indeed use the Benchmark as a pre-amp. There is a rear-mounted switch where you can choose between line-level output or variable output via front-mounted volume control. 2) The DAC1 seems to be pretty tolerant of its transports. I'... 
Simaudio I-5 and Dynaudio Contour S 1.4
Goat: I'm using a Sunfire Solitaire 10 subwoofer. I've been very impressed with its transparency. It does a good job of extending the sub-bass without adding any sonic artifacts (at least not that I can hear). But, since you asked -- do you know i... 
New Apple Lossless encoder??
The weak link in iTunes is the actual D/A conversion on your computer. The output of most computers' sound cards is simply atrocious, and the iPod isn't much better. But, if you have a quality outboard DAC, you can make iTunes sound like an audiop...