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Thank You for that. I have found out in life experiences that knowledge up front is paramount in situations like this....

Nothing yet at all.... Love my Paradigm speakers driven by a denon in my TV room so I want to go with their speakers. Just trying to do a lot of research first and have not found one single Thread that adresses my questions. I know great sound when I hear it just can't tell you the "why".....

Need some basic help connecting the dots to a new home audio setup please… My understanding so far: 1)Dedicated Computer/Music Server 2)Amp 3)DAC 4)SPEAKERS 5)INTERFACE Looking at a 20K budget. Like my paradigm reference speakers in TV room so will probably go with them. (wall/ceiling, paradigm throughout house) Up to 6 zones. Controlled in each zone and from my laptop and/or dedicated controller. Some CD’s but also streaming music and XM. Want to have playlists, classical, rock, soft etc… Have room in basement for setup and can get under whole house. Hard wire all components. WIFI only for interface. Looking at the Sooloos system but seems overkill but not ruling it out. What controls the 6 zones? The DAC, AMP??? What am I missing here???? Lots of other questions for later….. Thanks Mark