Because I wanted to stream Tidal directly via an amp I recently changed my setup fom
Yamaha CX2/MX2 + BNS Soundcolumn III + B&W ASW 610
to
NAD M10 V2 + 1723 S towers + 1723 S1 sub
and compared both next to each other, changed and connected the various components to each other and came to the conclusion:
NAD + 1723 S sounds great, even without using the sub – this does it for me and I am extremely happy with this setup.