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Best way to A/B two different streamers

I just purchased a new dedicated streamer after streaming tidal from my computer. I'm using USB to stream from both. Has anyone ever tried using a USB A/B box to switch between streamers to evaluate the differences? I know it would possibly degrade the signal but I'm only looking to hear the differences. My other problem is I only have one high quality USB cable but could use 2 cheaper cables just to hear differences. My DAC and streamer are both in a rack where the cable is hard to reach.

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You should also stream the same song at least three times in succession to ensure that your connection is good.

Pay particular attention to sound stage as opposed to frequency response. If it wanders with the streamer, get a better connection [NOT cable] or streamer.

I’ve had streamer demos where that was not the case.

IMO, PC streaming is not worth mentioning.

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