There’s a meet coming up a couple of weeks from now where, assuming I can make it (looks promising), I’ll be able to run the SR1a with an s800.
Between now and then I should have had a chance to try the Aegir(s), AH2B(s), Anthem STR, at least one Chord Étude, maybe a Chord 1050.2 and some other high-end pieces.
The s800 was particularly interesting, especially initially, as it’d be a great pairing with my Phonitor X. Though at this point I am highly doubtful that my final SR1a chain will include a pre-amp at all and will likely use the variable outputs on the DAVE straight into whatever power-amp I settle on.