After listening to your posts...
I have an older big plasma in the basement, decided to mount this, it has an optical out and usb (to power the CC).
I signed up to Tidal hifi and ran the optical to a cheapo $20 Amazon dac I've had for my workshop speakers. This is a noticeable step up from my Spotify/Sonos set up - I tried Tidal before thru my Sonos at the same time I had a Spotify account, but I didn't feel there was any major difference (or enough to warrant keeping Tidal).
I also have a CC audio which i swapped out for the CC. Thru the dac this was better still. I'm wondering whether I'm losing something thru the TV connection with the CC or the CCA is just a better processor?
With this in mind I wouldn't mind upgrading the dac I have, also is there anything out there which has 2 optical inputs so I could switch between the CC and CCA (or some sort of splitter - 2 to 1), wouldn't wanna spend crazy money and I'm not too bothered about MQA as my PC is 30 foot away unless there's a way of doing this? I've ripped the ceiling down in the basement, running cables would be simple, reading up on usb, cable length is an issue...
Thanks again...