Congrats on the C2700. I have one too and love it.
I have a couple different ways to stream.
1) Roon Nucleus -> USB ->C2700 DA2
2) Roon Nucleus -> Bricasti M3 Ethernet ->balanced -> C2700 balanced
3) Naim ND5 XS2 ->SPDIF -> Bricasti M3 -> balanced -> C2700 balanced
There are more combinations possible but will leave it at that.
They all sound great. Let me just say that the DA2 DAC is very good. For obvious reasons there aren’t reviews I know of of the DA2. I would have no issues recommending it. I spent considerable time comparing all this with both amp+Speakers and focal stellia on the C2700.
The Bricasti DAC has a more clarity, instrument separation and clearer sound stage to me with PCM. DSD is a wash to me, but I don’t care I have little DSD. I prefer the M3 to the DA2 especially with headphones. 2) And 3) sound the same to me.
To me DAC makes a major difference. How I get the bits to the DAC, Naim vs just nucleus , makes no difference I can hear.
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