Thanks guys. Having bot the maggies/adcomp/nad stuff in the mid 90's, I had mentally checked out of the audio world. Feel like I'm back in the saddle.

Went out yesterday and got new radio shack cables for the 1050 to my adcom amp and a digital coax for cd or dvd. Don't know if I'll keep the radio shack cables for the long run, but for testing cable combinations you can't beat the price. The cable debate still seams to rage on, so not sure what cables I'll eventually settle on....

Going digital from my nad cd player to the 1050 really made a difference. The nad has a certain mellowness in the music that is not there with the digital direct. So I can see what your saying about the 1050's dac vs the cd or dvd.

Only problem is my entry level toshiba dvd only has digital coax out, no toslink. So when I watch movies, I'll have to switch cable from cd to dvd player. Hmmm, perhaps I need a new dvd player..... ;-\