research the Moon 280D. Comes with a DAC which might be an upgrade over the R1000 implementation. Moon's Mind 2 streamer is DACless, Save you about $2k for a external DAC
5k budget - streamer for Technics SU-R1000 ?
I think I have my end game amp and I'm fine with the internal dac for now at least.
currently streaming using a Blue Sound node x upgraded with the new sbooster kit and I'm guessing with 5k to burn it would be best placed into a dedicated streamer
opinions appreciated