Just a comment regarding preamplifiers and remotes.

I guess most people agree that having a remote in the living room stereo system is very convenient.

The preamp can have a proper preamp, but most people find it useful to switch between inputs and control the volume, and here is the issue.

When everything was analogue it worked fine but now that some people would like a better DAC for the TV box, Playstation, maybe a music server, DAB, etc., something is missing. OK, I can get up and switch digital inputs in the DAC but a remote would be better, on the other hand I have 5 analogue inputs on the preamplifier that I don't use. I understand that a DAC like Yggdrasil should be just a DAC and that adding more stuff would probably contaminate the circuitry, but it would be useful to have something like a Bifrost Multibit (or Gungnir Multibit) with a wider selection of inputs a volume control and a remote (and why not a headphone output as well to watch TV when everyone is sleeping?). The Saga looks like the classic preamp and the Jotunheim is almost there but it is missing a remote and a better DAC. Or maybe a separate DAC with more inputs and a preamp/headamp (just with 2 or 3 analogue inputs to accommodate a separate or modular phono preamp) that could be both controlled with the same remote (the input selection would be a bit confusing...)?