I am a little confused. I thought the consensus was that a cdp would be the way to go in my situation and that DAC'S under a grand were not worth it. Also I just bought the rotel 1070 preamp per your reccommendation. Just confused why you would reccommend preamps when I just purchased one that I really like. I would like to keep my rotel amp and pre because I got very good deals and just purchased them. I am not looking to replace them. Are you reccommending replacing them already? I would much rather get a nice cdp that has the characteristics that I am looking for...........