Consider getting a Raspberry Pi. They're dirt cheap, and they can satisfy the itch to tweak things because you can customize them to a great degree.
Even a modest Tablet will serve as a good bit-bucket before an DAC>pre>amp (my new home system, waiting for the DAC to be finished)
But having 24/192 with a decent enough amp to show them off in my shirt pocket as a "cigarette pack-sized" DAP makes me giddy.
My 2.5mm balanced headphone cables just came in from South Asia where some kind soul wove (weaved?) them for me.
Rolling them in for the next week to see if it matters
So do you think my crush on the DAP will last until St. Patrick's Day ?