Sonos connect or DAC?

[nickc]

Thanks. Yes, I've read some of the discussion about Sonos and I can confirm that you can use their player as a UPnP renderer, though not, as you say, using a Sonos controller. But I can get the Sony BD player to play from MinimServer to our Sonos player, or I can use something like Skifta or BubbleUPnP on my Android devices to do the same. My post was really more in search of information and opinion regarding the relative quality of the various components I mentioned, and what might be the best route towards a streaming set-up, where once I've switched on the amp I can play music for the rest of the day without having to go anywhere near it or plug anything into it. If the Sony BD player had an analogue audio-out, I'd have that wired direct to the amplifier and then I'd just have to switch on the two of them. Is it crazy to think of buying a DAC just to do that? Would I be better investing in Sonos Connect, and do it that way? Which set-up is likey to produce the better feed to the amplifier? Those are the sorts of issues I've really not got a clue about.