My existing system comprised out of old NAD T747 AV receiver with Kef R series centre and rears for surround. NAD C275BEE stereo amp on pre out with Kef R series floor standers, and Mac mini into the NAD M51 Dac in with Analog Bypass through the T747 for stereo music. My focus is stereo music and AV surround is a nice to have but not priority.
I replaced the M51 DAC with Bluesound Node Icon and are now thinking of replacing the C275BEE with a NAD M23 amp and maybe upgrade the floor standers.
My question is, will I be losing quality or adding noise if the M23 are being fed through the T747 circuitry connections and volume control in Analog Bypass mode? Would I get better quality by just removing the T747 and just settle for plain stereo with the Node Icon as streamer/dac/pre amp feeding straight into the M23?
I replaced the M51 DAC with Bluesound Node Icon and are now thinking of replacing the C275BEE with a NAD M23 amp and maybe upgrade the floor standers.
My question is, will I be losing quality or adding noise if the M23 are being fed through the T747 circuitry connections and volume control in Analog Bypass mode? Would I get better quality by just removing the T747 and just settle for plain stereo with the Node Icon as streamer/dac/pre amp feeding straight into the M23?
