I Mac or Streamer for source? or is there a difference?


Hello.
Should I use my iMac or buy a dedicated streamer to download music ? my "amateurish" reasoning is that I am streaming music in bits and packages of bits,  so should my hard earned  money be spend in a very good DAC versus buying a dedicated streamer? 
Just learning about streaming. Thanks for all your insights and opinions.
rockanroller

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What are you using now for a DAC (sorry if I missed it)? I am going to doing what @ptrel is doing. However, I bought a used Node 2i and am playing around with it too and will compare it to the computer. I am using Qobuz on the Node controlled by an ipad or iphone. I would suggest a good dac and then trying out streamers and comparing it to your computer to determine if you can hear a difference and what interface you like better. For me, the interface is important.