Point of higher priced streamer?


Hello,
Assuming I have separate DAC, and I just want to play songs from iPad by Airplay feature.
In this case, I need a streamer to receive music from my iPad -> DAC.

What’s the point of high price streamer? I’m bit surprised that some streamers are very high priced.
From my understanding, there should be no sound quality difference.
(Streaming reliability and build quality, I can see it but I do not see advantages in terms of sound quality.)

Am I missing something? If so, please share some wisdom.
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Showing 4 responses by audiotroy

Larry this begs to know did u run the external dac from the node?

As discussed previously the node is a very poor digital transport compred to a dedicated high server lika an lumin innous 432 evo and you must run usb to get the Best out of a dac only usb ofers asyncronous data transfer which cits down on zransmittteed jitter

We are specialsts in this area we have sold and tested most brands of streamers

Dave and troy
Audio intellect nj
No the pointnis that more powerful streamers present the dac with a better cleaner data packet which produces audible improvements

We are server experts with years of experience and these differences are large especially between models

We had run a test of several high end music servers a baetis reference vs a Lauder technik memory player vs an innous statement and each one had their own sound and clearly made an audible difference

Do you think that companies such as aurender or innous or 432 Evo could succesfully sell and market an entire line of servers if there was no sonic improvement between models which are more expensive from one another?

Dave and troy
Audio intellect Nj
Us importers 432Evo music servers
Guys we gave a totally different set of experiences with servers and streaming

First our major test system is a a 150k reference system that can easily show differences

First we started with laptops and mac minis then an sotm computer with a linear supply

Tried auralic then heard higher end streamers went with innous zenith rthen upgraded to an innousstatement and each time the higher end servers made the system sound far better same dac same system there are audible differences in these devices

You could hear the diferences even sending the signal over the network to a roon endpoint in another room the server improved the sound even over streaming directlyfrom the endpoint to tidal directly

Dave and troy
Audio intellect nj
Streaming specialists

Interesting Audio b 2 design as a dealer wjo routinely purchases and tests these producrscts we many times agree with mr  darko who is a very respected reviewer

We have a lot of experrience this area we sell or have sold most of the major streaming brands and rhere are very audible differences betwen these devices

We started with pcs running j river tried modified Mac minis an sotm server eith a custom linearbpowet supply 
quesonix, a Lauder technik memory player, auralic, innous zenith and statement a baetis reference now 432Evo master aeon and standard lumin and bluesound

Every device affected the sound

Dave and troy
Audio intellect Nj
Streaming specalists