Quality CD player + DAC + pre-amp in one package

Love my ESOTERIC RZ-1
Amp/Preamp/CD/DA
Like a fine watch craftsmanship and sounds excellent in my home office set-up!

Naim Uniti. However, Elizabeth makes a very good point about such combination units.

Check out the new Cambridge Audio 851 it is a complete package, CD player, DAC, and digital preamp
Dennis

If you are open to a 2 box solution in a mid-size chassis then you could look towards something like a Bel Canto DAC 2.5 (which can function as a DAC and preamp) along with the Bel Canto CD3t disc transport.

If you are dealing with a space constraint, thus requiring the single box solution, the Bel Canto option should still work since both are half width chassis size, and the 2 together works out to 1 "normal" size unit.

***Bel Canto Dealer disclaimer***

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Elizabeth, that's actually a very good point. Never thought of it that way. I have a DAC, pre-amp and amp seperates (and a receiver) right now. But I find digital music streaming is the weakness in my system and thinking of selling the DAC and pre-amp, then buy an all-in-one unit. Space is not that big of a constraint but I'd like to keep it minimum. All the extra cost of cabling and all kinds of wires going left/right is really bothering me.

Also HT by-pass is kinda important too. Mine is all-purpose system, music/HT/gaming/cable TV.

Gfroman, how good the pre-amp section of esoteric? Is it more than just a volume control?

How about keeping my pre-amp, sell the dac, then get a cd player + dac in one box? Any recommendation?

Pre-amp is Pass XP-10. Although I'm not getting true potential of it right now due to my source, I definitely know there's a lot more to it if I just have a quality source. But I'd very much like to not increase from 4 boxes that I already have.

How do you pick on preamp the dac used on board rather than on CD board? I have direct or stereo.