I recently added an Innuos Zenith and USB reclocker to replace my Mac Mini. My DAC is a Terminator Plus. The delta on SQ improvement was small. It did add other features that I do like as the OS is simplified. The biggest improvement I got was my DAC upgrade to Denafrips. IMO that’s where money is well spent.
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.