I agree. The Node 2i sounds fine on its own plus you get full MQA unfolding and rendering using the analog outputs. I found the analog output to be fairly cable agnostic, too.
That said, I use the coax digital into the SA-10 and think it sounds pretty amazing.
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Christian
south: Mark Levinson No. 52 pre, Bricasti M28 amps, Lumin A1, Oppo BDP-205, Pioneer CT-43, Sony SS-AR1 Speakers, Audioquest Dragon PCs, Audioquest speaker cables, Audioquest interconnects, HB Power Design Powerslave Star Galaxy power distributor
north: Vitus SIA-030, Luxman D10X, Sony TC-KA3ES, Harbeth 40.2, Siltech cables
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