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Hi Steve,

wow!

Awesome feedback. Thank you so much for this!

Interesting your comments on the analogue output OA23 connection. I would love to try the 800 as a full blown CD player. Although, by the time I purchased not just the card but, most expensively, a set of RCA interconnects that would do an 800 justice ($$$), that's getting into a different world of $ outlay.

I'll just be connecting with the Smartlink output, initially. Hopefully that will be sufficient/will provide me some good sound.

I do want to use the coax output at some point, but, I treat the latter somewhat similarly to the analogue connection option above, in that I feel both analogue and digital cables make a big difference on the sound. To the extent that, I would want to get a nice 75ohm coax, to do the 800 justice. I used to own Tara The One/0.8 Digital coaxes (but sold them) and, oh boy.. did they make a difference to the sound of my 598 at the time I remember (for redbook CD) ; coax out.

Have you found the 800 and 808 sensitive to the quality of cabling?

Interesting your thoughts that an 808v1 sounded relatively similar to an 800. I'll keep that in mind if I ever decide to try and move to an 808 (ie, making sure I get a version that would make the change/cost outlay justifiable). I think someone else on this forum quoted separately who owned an 800, and felt that their move to the 808.2, was enough to hear substantial improvements in sound versus 800.

Thanks for your comment on the 800 (ie, being more like a 500 but just better in all ways). I'm glad I didn't take the plunge for a G.

Cheers!