Thanks guys,
I happened to have set things up with the 950 doing most of the work and i'm very happy with the results. I have not tested or verified whether the DAC is better in my Marantz CD63SE CD player than is in the 950, but I beleive The Marantz uses a single bit DAC, so the 950 will get the nod there too.
Hell, I'm going to have several pieces of equipment to stack in the closet now - Faithful units like the Musical fidelity X10D and an old C9 Carver holographic processor, are hard to do without, but the straight digital line from the CD63SE to the 950 sounds worlds better !

What are your thoughts on the comparison of optical vs coaxial for the digital connection. I have read for years in Stereophile (who detest toslink) to stay away at all costs from optical, but surely fibre optic is cleaner ?