- Aug 10, 2019
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First, I would like to give big thumbs up to all the forum participants. I have been reading this forum for the past two months and it has been extremely helpful to understand the Hi-Fi world. As the subjects points out, I am looking to build my first hi-fi set-up, usage of the system will be mainly for stereo music (I would say 90% music, 10% video) and all of my music will be computer-based (stored on a NAS music server). After extensive reading I have narrowed the list to the following (Budget is around £4k): Speakers: B&W CM9 or ProAc 140 Integrated amp: Roksan Caspian M2 or Naim XS Streamer: Logitech Squeeze box Touch or Onkyo 8050 NAS: Synology 712+ My questions are the following: 1. For the kind of usage and budget I have, does the set-up above make sense? Would you have built it differently? 2. Would the sound quality improve materially if I add an external DAC? (No additional budget for it at the moment but was thinking of adding potentially an M-DAC at a later stage) 3. Which streamer would you recommend, the Onkyo or SB? I have a small preference for the Onkyo but from my understanding Logitech’s DAC is much better quality (but still no 192/24 streaming support) 4. Anything else I should be thinking of? Thanks a lot for your help, Ali