Does the streamer effect sound quality

I went from the very good Bluesound Vault 2i  to an Aurender N200 and it was a huge difference.     Great machine. 

I'm not so sure about that.   There is a lot of 24/96 and higher material out there.   The other night I was playing Pete Yorn's 2003 The Day I Forgot on vinyl.   It sounded really good.   Just for S&G I played the same album on Qobuz and it sounded pretty damn good.     It told me one thing , I need a better cartridge......

The level of support from Aurender was worth the price of admission. I only needed support twice and they took care of it remotely. The new version of Conductor 4 is slick and has been pretty solid.

My DAC is the LAB 12 DAC 1 Reference and it sounds phenomenal with the N200. I use them several hours a day , every day No intention of upgrading Digital any time soon.  Can’t remember the last time I played a CD in that system.