Many thanks for everyones excellent advice, I am certainly going to take it. Stick with the C52 it is then.
McIntosh C52 to C53 Upgrade
I had a McIntosh C50 pre-amp/DAC that I replaced with a C52. Now thinking about upgrading to a C53. For those of you that have gone down this path, is this a worthwhile/noticeable upgrade? Any noticeable change in SQ? I can't say in all honesty it was noticeable to me going from a C50 to the C52.