Sound quality differences in streamers


Can there be sonic differences between moderate and high priced streamers when used for streaming only. I will not use or engage an onboard DAC or any other feature, just stream from Tidal or Amazon to DAC. If the unit is just transferring zeros and ones to a DAC can there be differences in say a $300 WiiM and a $3000 dSC streamer? Thanks

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Showing 1 response by 2psyop

The point may be mute. You buy the streamer you like or the one you can afford and be happy. Same as cars, houses, or anything really. The ones and zeros are probably not important. If you are happy with WiiM... great. If you are happy with Bluesound.... that’s great too. Maybe HiFi Rose or Aurender that’s just fine as well. Lets all keep this in mind.... they are all boxes of wires, not much more than that.

Also the service and support is often absent from the conversation. It should be a factor since some companies are almost non-existent. You may find yourself needing someone to fix your fancy box of wires.