Glad to hear that the dog made it back safely and I wish you a speedy recovery GPH.
I am currently listening to my HD 800s from my GS-X with my DAC2 sourced by my Squeezebox Touch. I have not done this for any length of time for probably a year. I'm still where I was, I don't want or need anything else. This does everything I want and is as close enough to perfection for me.