Sir i may have been born in the 20th century but my brain is bit analogue ...

can you pls try and explain what did you mean by "You could even try connecting a reciever through the home theater bypass connection with a digital signal to the reciever (so it acts like the dac(and also somewhat the pre) but it would give a better idea of the sound compared to analogue mac)" also pls be kind enough to explain how do i do it on emotive pre....