This is my system for now. I am rebuilding. The Nord amp is absolutely amazing. I listen to 99% Roon to the SMLS SU-9. I switch it to Sonos when my wife wants to use it as she is way more comfortable in the Sonos App. I don't listen to a lot of vinyl anymore, but have kept it for those nostalgic moments.
It sounds great. I used to have a Rogue Ares Tube Phono Preamp, but I wasn't using the TT enough to justify the space so turned it into funds for other equipment and "downgraded" to the Emotive XPS-1 - which actually sounds great, supports 4 different ohm loads for MM/MC and takes up nearly no space in the back of the rack. The TT gets broken out every once in a while for nostalgia. 99% of my listening is digital now -> Roon -> SMSL DAC, which sounds amazing, especially DSD.
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