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Music streamers

My question is About music streamers in general. My current setup is a Laptop connected to my integrated job amp through usb. I was wondering if I should replace my laptop with a dedicated streamer without a Dac cuz my int already had one. So purely speaking about the difference between a dedicated streamer and a laptop. Does a streamer have a tangible improvement than a laptop? Just on the audio quality is there a tangible improvement. If yes plz suggest me some good ones below 1000usd. I’m currently eyeing the lindenmann limetree bridge. Thank you 
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calvinandhobbes
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+1 on the Pro-ject Stream Box S2 Ultra. Several reasons why I got the Pro-ject:
  1. Its power supply is reported to be well sorted out. Adding a linear power supply doesn't add much improvement, so that is several hundred dollars that you don't need to spend
  2. It has Wi-Fi that can be turned off for better sound quality when using a hard wired Ethernet connection
  3. Though it has only a minimal amount of internal memory, you can attach a USB flash drive or external SSD or hard drive to store music files. FWIW, music seems to sound better when played back from my attached USB flash drive than via streaming.
  4. You can rip CDs through the Stream Box into an attached flash drive or external hard drive.
This is a post about the experiments one person did to improve the sound quality of the Pro-ject: https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/how-to-make-a-streamer-pro-ject-stream-box-s2-ultra-playing-...
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