I have mostly 2.0 setups but also a 7.1.6 Atmos. Most of my setups are Lumin D1/2 endpoints so no NAA options there. And these have active speakers connected. I might venture at some point to convolution room correction using HFA services.
HQP is if no real interest to me at this time due to the NAA issues.
I have a lot of dac options and also have quite a few turntables to keep life interesting
I see. It seems to me your life is really interesting already! To be honest, I prefer original PCM for most of the music. So, NAA is not quite an issue to me, in particularly, it is not compatible with Luminā¦ As to the DAC, I have been seriously considering to replace my Denafrips Terminator II with either Chord Dave+M scaler or Holo Audio May L3. It is a very tough decision for me to make. I would be more than happy if you have any though on those DACs.
Iāve heard the T-II and the May KTE L-3 (very nice DAC) but not really any time on the Dave - May is highly regarded and great value. Never been a big fan of Chord, not sure why maybe its the odd form factor or the coloured balls or glass window. I donāt think I have heard too many DACās that I couldnāt live with however either.
perhaps given I had the funds I would likely pick the May - have a couple of friends with them. For Roon the Tambaqui from MolaMola is pretty awesome too. I do like variety tho so more of the less costly options floats my boat.
The Luminās I find incredibly versatile. With the way I have them setup they turn on my amps and off them again when play stops . My wife just picks the stuff she wants to play and where - even in Spotify and it all just works. I do push her to use Roon but she doesnt have to.
I even have a few Sonos Play:3 setups just for giggles that I picked up FOC and these work well in both Sonos App and Roon - but Im still not a fan - they were free so I dont complain too much
I totally agree every point that you just mentioned, even with the odd form factor thing ā¦! Besides those, May KTE costs only 1/3 of Dave+M Scaler here in Taiwan.