Come on Elephas, you know the itch is growing inside and you need to succumb to it. Just get a RS a WES or both, play with your tubes and then let us know
What play back software are you using? In Foobar for instance (and most others too) you need to choose in Preferences the output device you've decided to use. AFAIK it doesn't allow to use two output devices at the same time. Other players can do that, but I'm not familiar with them.
Nothing you'll send this season will beat in uniqueness, exclusivity and awesomeness this
Gift pals beware!!! Ken, your burning last year would be a joke compared to this
I voted RCA coaxial SPDIF since it's the most used link between the CEC CD transport and the Bidat DAC, or the Sony ES player into the DA11, but I'm using other connections depending on the setup:
Computer>USB>Lavry DA11
CEC CD Transport > AES/EBU> Lavry DA11
Sony CD > Toslink> Bidat
Hahahaha, well, not all their speakers suck, but for the price, you can do better Regarding the phones, I can't say looking at that. Maybe they sound good, but I fear they're going to be expensive