Do I need a streamer?


Streaming devices, with or without an internal DAC, seem to be very popular these days, so I am wondering if I am missing out on something.  I have Audirvana on my iMac that streams Tidal and music from my 8 TB external HD.  My iMac resides next to my audio rack and I connect my iMac via an optical cable (Fibbr) to my Aqua LaVoce DAC.  It seems to me that my iMac and external HD take the place of a streaming device.  Am I missing out on something other than convenience?  My external HD was a few hundred bucks and streamers a whole lot more.  The sound of my system is fantastic. 

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Showing 1 response by audioman58

A standard computer makes way to much noise it’s power supply and many programs running in the back ground , for the money buy a small green computer 

it’s just dedicated to one thing Music , add a decent linear power supply 

ifyou add a 2-3T SS  hard drive , it has Roon built in , from their Sonore 

which is very good and Fiber optic ,  without question I would buy a dedicated high quality dac noticeably more important sonically then the streamer 

and with a streamer you don’t hav3 to constantly have to turn on the computer to get Roon or QObuz,or Tidal .