Hello, I am new to the forums. I really appreciate the wealth of data here and especially this review provided by amirm.
I got this avr because it seemed a good priced option that had a lot of features, streaming, phono, preouts, subout etc.
I never have used its amp, as I use the preouts into a good condition yamaha m80 amp.
The dac has never sounded great to me, analog inputs work better (Apple/Amazon music via heos or optical < iphone dongle to analog).
Would I get improvement if I bought a good external dac and ran it into the analog inputs on the nr1510? Or would it be a waste of money, and a better off to get a separate preamp? I was hoping since the comment was made
“I was surprised to see that even with normal processing mode, nothing was digitized”
I could just use this as my preamp since I already have it, also I do like the phono stage of the nr1510, its better than a lot I have heard to be intergrated into an avr.
Any input appreciated!