You should decide which is more important to you, movies or music? Unless you have dedicated theater/2channel rooms it never is an all or nothing proposition for the vast majority of individuals including myself. For instance, my ratio is approx. 70% music 30% movies. I decided to concentrate on music and gear my purchases toward more musical devices. I can comment on the C2700 only. It's a fantastic versatile piece of equipment. It adds that tube sound to my 303D3 and the DA2 USB holds it's own for a combined pre-amp/DAC. I run C2700 in passthru to my AVR for movies. What I give up in movie experience is more than made up in 2 channel listing IMHO.
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Doug
2-Channel
McIntosh C2700, (2X)MC601, MEN220 Lampizator Baltic 3
Sonore opticalRendu, SGC sonicTransporter i5 (Gen 3), Roon Thorens TT TD318
B&W 803D3 JL Audio (2x)f110v2
Shunyata Denali/S v2, Alpha v2 PCs, WW Gold/Silver Eclipse Interconnects, Platinum USB
Whole House Music Listening
Bluesound Vault2i, PowerNode2, PulseMini2i, Pulse2, (3x)Flex
5.2 System Above using Passthru
Marantz SR7012
Oppo 205, Apple TV (4th gen), Sony XBR850e65
B&W HTM2 D3
Second 5.1 System Castoffs from Upgrades
LRC Paradigm Millenia 20, Velodyne MiniVee 10, KEF surrounds, DefTech AW6500
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