Are you wanting some improvement in the sound, or are you trying to maximize your system’s performance? Do you have a set budget? If you are trying to maximize your system, then please let us know what components you are using. Generally, adding an external DAC of a value the same, or above the cost of your all in one streamer/DAC will improve the sound, but lots of great and and not so great gear at these price points. You would most likely use the USB out.
External DAC?
My question is am I going to improve sound quality by adding an external DAC to a Blusound node? For example, a SCHITT BIFrost and what is the best connection method? And another question to ask is about usage of my Bluesound node …just being a Streamer? Am I losing anything by doing it this way? Thanks