I am considering adding a Sooloos system to my mainly analogue set up and would like to rack your brains for what you think would be the best set up option.

AFAIK, the MS600 will take the digital signal from a C15 / TwinStore / MC200 and pass it through something akin to a ID40 card. It then can either go out analogue via balanced or unbalanced cables to a preamp or one can even use its digital coax out and go into another DAC, in this case an Orpheus One SE.

Which route is likely to sound better?

As I understand the Sooloos really benefits from the ID40 but after that? If I connect it digital out into my DAC it would really be no different to connecting a 808i.3 with ID40 using its digital out to a pair of DSP speakers and its associated dacs wouldn't it? And I am presuming that is the way most people of 808i.3 would go (it was the way I went when I had 808i.2 + DSP8ks).

Any thoughts? or do you think the MS600 is not necessary and I can just go Sooloos SPDIF to the Orpheus DAC???

Demoing will be difficult so all comments welcome.

Cheers

howie

Avid Acutus, SME V, Benz Micro LP / Van den Hul Colibri XGP, Audio Research Ref 2 Phono
Meridian Sooloos C15 + MD600
CH Precision C1 DAC
Constellation Audio Virgo and Centaur Monoblocks
Sonus Faber Aida