High Quality dac with network streamer saves $1,000s


Having compared and done a lot of research . I have compared verygood dacs adding on 
$3-4k  network streamers-servers , vs the Bricasti M3 dac- network streamer.
Bricasti has a ton of trickle down technologies in this setup ,and very-well known in the professional 
mastering realm ,before consumer . Your computer takes its data and send its to the dedicated Lynex 
based operating system ,which filters and then 8 x upsampled the dual mono Analog Devises 1599 multi bit dacs  ,linear power supply  and filtering , Totally eliminating the needto spend $2-3k+ on a dedicated server ,I listened and compared plus extra cables, and powercords , the only thing I bought was a  decent Wireworld starlight Ethernet from the modem, and most important cable by far from network hub to the dac,streamer .BTW the uptone audio Ether regen truly cleans the noise riding on the line , andEthernet is noticeably cleaner then a USB cable . The Wireworld platinum 8 I tried going into the streamer ,Avery noticeable improvement ,thsts my next upgrade , a good power cord is always a plus . I was going to buy my brothers latest Denafrips terminator  using with a Melco n100 streamer sever but, the Bricasti setup was noticeably better and getting for around $5k a steal , and also having the dedicated1bit DSD thst doesnot have to convert to pcm , and verygood analog preamp section 
if youwant Toruń direct,and headphone option ,100% Differentially balanced a Steal in sonics as well as function and if compared a bunch of dacs with theMelco as well as Innous at our audio get togethers,all equipment had identical system and Ad one to make this call with others verifying it just when I was going to spend another $3k on a server,streamer I am now saving for reference speaker upgrade ,having excellent quality and design all in one product has several electrical advantages in less wiring ,cables and signal path, I just thought well worth mentioning it saved me $3k.
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Lalitk you are spot on, your  own computer in this application is not a liability 
for itis just delivering the stream  signal ,or music files in tact ,no noise to deal with or conversion everything is filtered,converted and processed by complex 
very low noise  regulated voltage stages , linear power supply for streaming and AD conversion ,as a extra pre filtering ,I feel the Uptone Audio Ether regen is a bonus and for $640 a bargain , Thst being said ,it saves me at least $2-3k 
from having to buy a separate server,streamer.
Regarding attenuators this is not a standard crap digital attenuators, this from taken from their flagship M-21. Whst most people don’t know is that Bricasti has been a standard in professional recording studios for well over a decade for its Sonic accuracy to the musical performance ,and using the classic Multibit AD 1955 dual dacs is a great implementation .
The preamplifier section is in full Analog -Not digital ,and better then most $5k preamps ,just ask Teajay
and I also compared , it is very good .
and the Linex streaming board and Linear power supply is totally 
isolated and filtered ,they spent 2 years in designing ,and there are a bunch of pre,and post voltage regulators .it is clean , eliminating 
the extra wiring, digital cable,power cord ,with great isolation and 
just a connected separate board, it’s very close to ideal ,they have a well known $4k+ streamer they use to verify .
I compared with my brothers Melco N100 ,the Bricasti had a blacker background,and noticeably better defined , and I pre clean all digital noise  on the line with the very well known Uptone Audio -Ether Regen  hub which BTW does its job.
if you truly want to go all out the latest Wireworld platinum Ethernet -8 is exceptional ,I tried several cables this took my dac to the next level . 
Oglala ,If you buy the Ethernet module as I did it is sizable upgrade in sound 
quality as well as electrical isolation ,and none of the noise that is likely when just running direct from any brand of computer where you are unpacking the music in the computer,with all its drawbacks, to dac. buy the M3 streamer module ,then everythung is isolated from the computer.
give Bricasti a call if you want to know more  in detail ,I wrote plenty on the subject ,done right it is bargain and saved me $3-4k several  great benefits. By doing so and I compared with and without ,as well as a separate Melco server ,

By using a switch that cleans and isolates your Ethernet line is a repeatable 
experiment , there are very pricy ones out there  up to $3k ,for under $650:, the uptone audio Ether regen has many positive reviews and I feel money well spent.
by far the most critical Ethernet  cable is right before your streamer ,
from modem to router also but to a lesser extent. Quality  Ethernet cable too is a worth wild 
purchase .I started with Belden  best   Cat 6, from there I bought a Wireworld starlight cat8 cable even without breakin it had noticeably more detail abit bright 
for the first few days ,I just let it play for  a week. My friend brought over his reference Wireworld  Platinum cat 8 cable . We had others change the 3 cables 
at least 6 times and all 4 picked of us picked the platinum by a wide  margin ,the start light is still very respectable , the Beldon sounded much flatter in presentation.
Why not join QObuz ,and get Roon to organize the Millions od songs ?
which there are high quality radio stations ,
Audirvana is great sonics and many radio stations ,if using USB and windows 
it has Kernal streaming which is its best sounding, 
for ethernet able  it doesnot apply .