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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 1252292" data-attributes="member: 555320">In all honesty, your best option would be as Chad said; DVA-9860 (which has digitial output and can control the H701 directly), then pick up the H701 for processing power.&nbsp; Best of both worlds.....no DAC until the outputs of the H701, and ungodly flexible processing power.But even then....the 9855/H701 combo would still be your best option.&nbsp; See below.Think about it though; Which will actually have the most sonic difference?&nbsp; A small (and likely inaudible) difference between the 9255 and the 9855/H701 combo outputs, or the vastly large difference in processing?Answer; The processing.And as was mentioned...the 9255 is very limited on it&#039;s processing power.&nbsp; The H701 will be the last processor you&#039;ll ever need, given it&#039;s vast amount of equalization, crossover frequency/slope selection, etc etc.&nbsp; And in the end, that will make a much bigger difference in the overall sonic performance of your system.And then you always have the option Chad mentioned.....which pretty much negates those things MrBlack stated.&nbsp; Further decreasing the &quot;sonic&quot; advantage of the 9255</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 1252292, member: 555320"] In all honesty, your best option would be as Chad said; DVA-9860 (which has digitial output and can control the H701 directly), then pick up the H701 for processing power. Best of both worlds.....no DAC until the outputs of the H701, and ungodly flexible processing power. But even then....the 9855/H701 combo would still be your best option. See below. Think about it though; Which will actually have the most sonic difference? A small (and likely inaudible) difference between the 9255 and the 9855/H701 combo outputs, or the vastly large difference in processing? Answer; The processing. And as was mentioned...the 9255 is very limited on it's processing power. The H701 will be the last processor you'll ever need, given it's vast amount of equalization, crossover frequency/slope selection, etc etc. And in the end, [B]that[/B] will make a much bigger difference in the overall sonic performance of your system. And then you always have the option Chad mentioned.....which pretty much negates those things MrBlack stated. Further decreasing the "sonic" advantage of the 9255 [/QUOTE]

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