Perfect and fast transaction. Thanks a lot!

Yeah, of course system matching is as always the key for most answers. So you would say that the V-Link192  might be on par with the Stello. This would be great news for my pocket ;). As far as the Metrums Dacs are concerned I thought that I need to invest at least 400€ for a proper DCC.  

Thanks for sharing your insights! After having read your comments and after what I've read in the Reference 5.2. thread I think that the Metrum Quad might better fit to my expectations. For now I have speakers from a  German manufactorer called NuVero 10 paired with the nettop, an Creek Evo2...

Thanks for the fast and detailed reply! Stello U3 and a Metrum Quad could be a way to go for me actually. As there are only a very few reviews of the Quad it would be great if you could give a short comparison of the Quad and the Octave. This would be really appreciated not only from my side I...

Hi, I am considering to purchase a Metrum Octave. As source I got an Acer Revo R3700 Nettop (Win8 & jplay) with Toslink (I use a TCI Coral cable) and USB-Audio-Out. As I  can not afford to buy an Audiophilleo USB/SPDIF Converter (which seems to be the choice for a Metrum Dac) I was wondering...