You can get the streamer module in the PS Audio DAC and use it instead of your popcorn streamer. So you will have a dac for streaming and your CDs. As mahler123 is saying try it and see if you hear any improvement. That is at the end the most important. You can call PS audio and they will help you figure this out.
How can a PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC enhance my system?
How can a PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC enhance my system? I just don't know how to integrate a PS Audio DAC into what I already have.
The meat and potatoes of my system is a McIntosh preamp and a McIntosh power amp. I have all my music digitized in FLAC and DSF, stored on a Popcorn Hour A-500 networked media tank (built-in DAC) connected to my pream.
I also have a Marantz SACD connected to the preamp. I am able to access the DAC in the Marantz directly with either a USB or Toslink cable.
Since I have a NMT, I have no need to store or stream music from a PC. Where could a PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC help me?
Thanks