Advice regarding separate DAC purchase

😊. I’m 71… I see streaming a key part of my audio strategy because it is increasingly hard to get up all the time.

I didn’t have time to listen to my physical media either. Now, I virtually listen to nothing from the part. My world has opened up exponentially… that is a great thing. The best thing that has happened in music in my life. Your not dead yet… enjoy!

I would concentrate on the sound characteristics of the DAC and not the technology. Denfrips are highly regarded DACs for their price. I’ll let someone else chime in on the contrasting the two.
 

I would not recommend going cheap on this. First, you don’t want a sideways move, there are extremely good DACs in the $4 - $5K range that will support streaming when you get there. You will get there.  The sound quality of streaming can be the same as vinyl of Red Book CDs and you suddenly have access to millions of albums at nearly zero cost, many of higher resolution, you end up asking… “what was I thinking? Why didn’t I do this years ago.