Shazam,
Seems like we are roughly in the same phase of our "audiophile journey" LOL!
Prior to getting the PWD, I was outputting the stock SONOS to a fully modded TAD pre-amp to a fully modded Cayin TA-30 (mods by Paul G of Tube Audio Design). I have about 100 hours on the PWD, and have now bypassed the TAD pre-amp and have it connected directly to the TA-30 (volume on TA-30 set full). So far, I think I kinda like the old setup better--helluva thing to say after buying a $3000 DAC! Could be that my ears grew up on tubes and this new sound is just too mmm..... crisp? I find the same to be true when patching in my CD player to the PWD. For example, drums sound overly synthesized. Not sure where I go from here. I guess I could re-introduce the TAD pre back into the mix, but that sure is a whole lotta stuff in the chain.
