I like the Chord dacs, I think I heard the Dave with their amplifier and a Sonus Faber two years ago which sounded great considering the room, wide but short. Do not remember which one but it was a smaller one. Last year Chord played with Devore which also very nice.
Your amplification problem could also be solved with a pair of Mola Mola Kaluga mono blocks. They will rule almost any speaker with an iron hand and get the speaker and dac sound like they do. Pleanty of change for a dac/pre-amplifier.
Your amplification problem could also be solved with a pair of Mola Mola Kaluga mono blocks. They will rule almost any speaker with an iron hand and get the speaker and dac sound like they do. Pleanty of change for a dac/pre-amplifier.