Irek

Eos Reference ($2,960 ) is unbelievable.

I had very similar experience when auditioning PMC 25.23 with Primare i25. Bit more expensive than Newprime IDA-16 though. BTW that Newprime IDA-16 looks really cool.

Focal Aria 926.

I had a budget ...

All above mentioned CDPs and DACs are on the level of excellent. Only your personal taste can tell you which one is the best .

It sounds a little bit like I am stuck with highest model of BMW.

The best integrated class D for a reasonable price I heard so far was Primare i25 and it can be audition in Australia or even at home (depends on the shop).

It's not a bad idea but it's hard to audition that combo. There are not that many integrated class D out there. Although they are going more popular recently.

Similar to P452 from March Audios.

Currently I don't see why to spend so much on a CDP. The reason is that DACs are getting better almost every year. If you like Rega I would go with Rega Saturn R + external DAC and use both analogue directly to amplifier and digital to DAC - to enjoy 2 different sound signature.

As above.

So 3 speakers + 1 subwoofer. Which model of electras and what is the room size.

What's the full set of your speakers and sub? Top of the range AVRs are not really weak.

I shouldn't use "always" as I haven't heard all speakers. My apologies.