Stereo Purchase Advice

i recently acquired some ceramic speakers. they have their own specialized amp that takes RCA in.

i need a small preamp that can take in rca from my bluetooth receiver (which has an excellent DAC) and pass it through, but also take optical in from my sony cmt-ex1 CD player (which does not have a good DAC) and switch to analog.

this does not exist, right? a DAC that also passes through rca?

the bluetooth receiver has its own optical out, so alternately i guess i could go with a DAC that can switch between 2 different optical inputs.

any suggestions?

It’s not small (standard stereo component size) but otherwise I think the Emotiva PT-100 has what you’re looking for.

yes, that's exactly what i'm looking for!

unfortunately my budget is < $100

yeah, I looked around and it seems like there's a threshold where the amp makers say "you want analog and digital inputs? ok here is every type of those including bluetooth" and that pushes up the cost. I wonder if a small cheap DAC for the CD player + an old amp with a few line level inputs isn't the way to go under 100$.

yeah that's what i'm thinking, except instead of an old amp, maybe one of these?

http://www.amazon.com/d/Selector-Switch-Boxes/Panlong-Switcher-Composite-Selector-Consoles/B00KXVBB3Q/

paired with this?

http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-Digital-Converter-Optical-Toslink/dp/B005K2TXMO/

can't beat the price ...

Do you know if the "specialized amp" wants line level? I think that DAC is fine, but I worry the source switch won't boost the signal for your "specialized amp" (it's not clear to me that you need it to)

yeah when i say “specialized” i just mean it comes w the speakers, i don’t think there’s much special about it, it’s just a super basic 15W t-amp

it is designed for line level ... we’ll see how it ends up sounding, the whole thing is turning into a real frankenstein’s monster but at least it’s been cheap

that should be fine then. I use that cheap DAC for my tv audio and the sound seems good. Cheap can be good!

i want to get a decent amp with integrated phono that has a smaller physical footprint. it doesn't need to be super-powerful, i've got bookshelf speakers and am in an apartment so i'm not going to be blasting my music. i'm mostly looking at the NAD D3020 v2 and the ps audio sprout, but is there anything else in that vein i should be considering?

I have and enjoy one of these (TEAC CR-H500NT), since discontinued but you may be able to find one used.