Yes, but only to some expensive ones. The blusound is decent, about comparable to ones found in ~$1000 preamps. But when compared to high end gear, it's rather limited. Using the DACs built in on my Michi X3 and Mac C47 you can easily tell the blusound's DAC sounds compressed. Plugging it into my Sim 280d and it's a night/day difference, the Sim makes the blusound sound much better but at that point the Sim has a superior sounding streamer built-in.
Has Anyone Compared the DAC On a Bluesound NODE 3rd Gen to a Separate DAC?
The Gen 3 NODE has an upgraded DAC. Just wondering what differences there might be in a separate DAC.