guys thanks so much-It is not that I do not like to tinker- It is that I just have very little time to enjoy the music and would rather not have to keep working on setup- I do enough of that with all the tubes I have in my system!!
Even my Metronome C8+DAC has tubes that I changed over and can change from tube to solid state depending on the music coming from my server- At this stage I think I am leaning towards the SME- But still am open that is why I come to the experts!!
Congratulations on the C8+! It is an excellent sounding DAC - if it was not for DCS I would have one in my system. Have you heard about the forthcoming Kalista DAC?