Thanks everyone, very interesting and helpful. Excellent group. I guess where I am coming from is, with a limited budget and a dac that can provide a level of control, am I better off spending money on power amps and a pre or power amps and upgraded cables? The consensus seems to be that you don’t n...

I am looking to purchase either the M300 or M600 monoblock amplifiers. I only stream music from a NAS drive or listen to internet radio stations through a RME ADI 2 FS dac which can control volume and balance etc. so don’t really see the need for a pre amp. I am not an expert so would welcome people...