Review on Bricasti Design M3 DAC

@artg
I believe the M3 will sound better balanced but it highly depends on associated equipment and cables. Will it sound so much better that you will need a hydraulic jack to lift your jaw up off the floor? No

If you have good RCA cables you should be fine. 
 

As to Roon…to simplify your streaming setup I highly recommend Roon Nucleus One. 
Simple, reliable and sounds good. Also Ethernet cables are very important for M3 and Roon core. 
M3 is a very nice DAC. I don’t own it anymore but still think highly of it. 

thank you for weighing in. the rca cables are solid (stereovox https://www.stereophile.com/content/stereovox-sei-600ii-lsp-600-interconnect-speaker-cable)

I'm thinking since the amp isnt fully balanced the synergy of the balanced feed is less important.

I may give it a shot. part of this is the learning curve and refining our own individual tastes and needs when i comes to music.

ohh, i also have a bead on a used the Bricasti M1 Series II . the plot thickens!

wait a second. lol. maybe the M3. i am so excitable.

M3 or M1S2 both great DACs. Can’t go wrong.