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Help settle a streaming argument!

This is a SQ argument and is as follows-  I argue if you connect your streamer to an outboard DAC the streamer does not matter it’s just serving the music to the outboard DAC to do the work.  Therefore, buy a basic streamer.  The other is that you need to buy a top quality streamer and DAC to get great SQ. 
 

I liken it to cd players or the more pretentious cd transport argument- if the intent is to connect to outboard DAC the cd player doesn’t matter the outboard DAC DOES!
 

features and functionality aside!  Thoughts…..

polkalover

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jzzmusician
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I am getting more from this thread than most.  Thank you all!

I'm getting the itch and ran an experiment.

I have a Bluesound Node, current model using usb out to a highly modified MHDT Orchid dac.

I have Dali Epicon 8 speakers, Luxman 509x integrated and a Marantz CD I use as a transport.

Transparent and Shunyata cabling.

I can hear virtually no difference between the Bluesound streaming Qobuz and the cd.

Does this mean that the dac will probably not keep up with a better streamer and perhaps I should start with a new dac?

Thanks.

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