Well, I thought my Yamaha s2300 had good DAC's. This machine is my first one with digital connections and I suppose that I expected that connection to sound the best. My NAD receiver is also my first machine with this option. I find with my setup that using the analogs gives my sound much much more prescence (without using gain)and obviously i'm not the only one!
Ok Gonk, I agree...i'm not whacked! Thanks for the affirmation! LOL