I am amazed at the power of software and that seems to be one of the strong points for dCS. I like you don't expect a large influx of cash so I will be sticking with my microRendu/LPS-1 combo for now but if....., well you never know.
Speaking of the power of software; if you have not upgraded your microRendu to the new 2.5 OS, do so ASAP. I think you will find that it moves your microRendu a few steps closer to this device. I was really surprised at the major improvement it made to the sound of the microRendu.
One of the beauties of this dCS device is that over the years dCS will no doubt be able to add features and increase performance with only software changes.