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 2 responses by johnsmith55

Might as well put in my two cents. As far as streamers, the way I see it is deciding which application to use to send an email. Regardless which one you choose, the message should arrive 🤔.

Yes I get it even digital audio is susceptible to noise, ok fine. So I’ll put it to you this way: when I dove deep into streamer search I ended up with the antipodes Oladra. I had the opportunity and privilege to spend as much time as I wished with it. I tested, tested, demoed, tested, and demoed, against my personal custom built pc. Same cables, dac, amp, cords, conditioners, volume settings, everything even balanced so as to make the testing process evenly balanced, no advantages or disadvantages on either device all ending to the tail of the chain to my Susvara. After weeks of testing, late nights, gallons of coffee and my favorite playlist consisting of 490 tracks coming out of roon, being mesmerized how sublime, beautiful, pleasant, and powerful emotional everything sounded. My findings were the Oladra sounded a 10/10, my custom pc 9.9/10 😁. Enjoy the 🎶.

Susvara —> Viva Solista —> Fidelice RN Dac —> Oladra / custom PC