Chromecast Audio replacement, for Roon + Tidal Connect + Chromecast

Update 2: Topping PA3S setup, it’s fantastic and has no issue driving the Dali’s.

3 device setup as pictured with old amp for scale.

CCA + E30 II + PA3S + Roon
Sound quality is easily twice as good, entire setup cost less than an entry level dealer network amp or dac.

Wife and family are astounded at the difference, I certainly see no need to upgrade at all, but now I have the bug, may as well see what 5x the cost of everything does (KEF R3 Meta, LA90, E70 Velvet.

For reference and future searchers, 96/24 through CCA, Roon for MQA decoding - BUT - with a better setup the lossy MQAs from tidal sound worse than 44/24 and way worse than proper 96/24 flac (qobuz), so I have literally no requirement for MQA now, and have roon auto configured to decode MQAs if encountered.

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