DEQX

@handymann 
Hi Steve: I haven't heard any of your equipment so I'm not a good sounding board on that front. But, I wouldn't sell anything until you give Larry a shot at running some setups for you. He can run a profile with the Miles straight into the DEQX and then one inserting whatever equipment you want in the chain. You will have to switch out the cabling for him since he does it remotely, but you get a free setup and Larry will take all the time it takes to get you to the sound you prefer. He will have an educated opinion on your options and best combinations. He has set up thousands of systems using the DEQX in many combinations. In some instances the DEQX is the premium piece of equipment going into the system. In others, it is not. Larry doesn't care one way or the other. He will set it up so that the curve is correct and then let you hear the setups and compare them to each other. Once you do that, I'll bet you will know exactly what you want to sell and what you want to keep.
Hope this helps
Al

@astewart8944 :  
Thanks for your reply.  I took my Kora off the for sale site.  I will try it in the chain, before making any decisions.
Steve

@handymann My pleasure, Steve. I will be interested in hearing how it turns out for you. I watched my computer screen as Larry did his magic for me. He let me ask him any question I wanted while he worked. It was a great learning experience and he made my system sound much better than I did on my own.
Regards
Al

@astewart8944 
I “ talked”to Larry yesterday and it looks like I’m going to have to wait until around the first of February, due to him being out of town till Jan 15th and he said it takes about two weeks to receive, after my order:(. I’m going to take the time, to become more familiar with the Deqx.  What are you thoughts on my running about a 20’ spdif cable to the Deqx?  Right now I running two balanced cables analog out of my Miles player, tomylinestage.  If I decide to keep the Kora , I’ll run 20’ balanced cables from it to the Deqx.  Conventional wisdom tells me, the shorter the cable the better, but I’ve read where 20’ will be ok.
Steve

@handymann I'm a big proponent of running what you already own and taking stock of how it sounds before spending more money. Several A'goners strictly adhere to 1.5 meter SPDIF cables. And I confess that I only buy 1.5 meter SPDIF cables. But, I have run a long (I think it was 10 feet but I could be mistaken) SPDIF cable that came with my Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC. I thought it sounded really good. When I decided to try and move the system up a notch, I went with a new 1.5 meter SPDIF cable. I think it made a lot of positive difference--my sound wasn't broken before at all. But, the specific SPDIF mattered to my ears. And BTW not every change I have tried has made a material difference to me.
Regards
Al