Some streamers have built in dacs which either can be connected with Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Also when I bought my Auralic, they recommend even a certain router for streaming, so you won’t lose on the high speed data.
new to streaming- help!
Hi all-
I'm a long time audiophile but have always gone the cd/vinyl route. I am trying streaming but having trouble setting up a Bluesound Node X. Something about my wifi it doesn't like...I am enjoying Tidal on my Macbook, however. Which brings me to a question. Would I get better sound quality anyway if I just connected my laptop to an external dac? Should I scrap the Blue Sound? And if go that route, does it matter if I have my laptop connected to ethernet, or will sound quality be the same on either ethernet or wifi? (Asssuming a cable from MAC to DAC...).
Alternatively, would it make sense to run Tidal from Ipad to DAC? Or does one need a streamer like Blue sound to do that?
I'm sure this will get sorted out, but feeling slightly overwhelmed at the moment.
Thanks!
Margot