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Do I need a stand alone streamer?

Pardon if this is a beginner’s question, but I just bought a nearly new Marantz SR8012 AVR on Audiogon. I am very impressed with the unit and I’ve been streaming Qobuz to it with good results. I was wondering if I could get even better results by adding a Bluesound Node to my setup. Will I get a noticeable improvement in sound by having a separate streamer?

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I was using a Bluetooth receiver with LDAC (Mii Audio) and switching to the Bluesound NODE N130 was a noticeable improvement for 3 reasons: 

1) Ability to stream FLAC (using Tidal) files directly from my wifi.

2) No more pesky interruptions from my phone notifications during listening.

3) the Node DAC is excellent and I do not need an outboard DAC.

 

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