Ayon Audio Forum- all questions and suggestion

I'm contemplating upgrading my w4s to skyline II or amr dp777. I may consider to replace my mc2300 pre iwth ayon dac skyline. I wonder if anyone have compared the preamp of ayon and more particularly to mc2300. Many thanks

If the Skylla preamp is anything like the CD5S, I think it seems fairly noisy if it's
not partnered well with the power amp.

So best to audition with the power amps you want first. On others it's virtually
silent.

Thanks Doggiehowser. Any particular power amps that you experienced noisy and hum?

Particularly bad with active speakers with <47kOhm input impedance

I aim to add a server to my system whose nucleus is the venerable CD5s. I intend to build a library of 192/24 and 96/24 files; any suggestions regarding servers and favored input (USB, SPDIF, TOSLINK, etc).