Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source?

@jetter Trust me, that guy is probably the only one who would make such a bullying statement on Audiogon for now. Just ignore him. When a mad dog barks at you, do you bark back? No—you ignore it and walk away like nothing happened. It shouldn’t bother you or anyone else.

That said, to be fair, I moved from a fanless MacBook to a dedicated streamer and noticed a clear improvement in sound quality. There are affordable devices like the Wiim Pro/Plus on Amazon with a hassle-free return policy. It comes with GEQ/PEQ and room correction that probably only exists in much higher end streamer. Give one a try to see if your system reveals better sonic attributes...

Definitely experiment with your cabling. The streamer you have should be blowing the water out of your PC.

i do

We use an old MacBook Pro just for streaming.  It runs to a Schitt Eitr and then to a MHDT DAC.  Is it as good a sound as the CDP going through the DAC?  No but its not bad.  We mostly listen to NPR, WWOZ, and FlacBlues. No Spotify or other streaming services.

Occasionally we listen to hi rez files via ITunes.

I use a MacBook Pro connected via USB to a Hermes DDC connected via I2S to a Pontus II.  I think it sounds excellent.  I had a HiFi Rose 250a before the Denafrips stack that sounded really good but not as good as the laptop and Denafrips.  I recently purchased a WIIM Pro and tried that in place of the laptop.  The laptop sounded better to my ears.  I don’t doubt others when they say they hear a significant difference between laptop/computer and dedicated streamer but I have yet to better my current setup.  I am interested in listening to a much higher end streamer, like an N200 to see if that makes the leap everyone keeps talking about..  I have a local shop that will loan me one to audition.