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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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verdantaudio
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@mitch2 i agree wholeheartedly.  The only caveat I would make is that the K50 and Oladra may be one box but they each have two computers and a clock in them. That is, a high powered server, a separate mid powered endpoint and then a clock. Two separate computers/motherboards with discrete power supplies.  The only thing that is common is the power cord and the chassis.  The others mentioned are one box solutions with one computer. 

ricred1
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verdantaudio,

I'm not a dealer, just an end-user. I've owned several Antipodes Audio music servers. I've compared Antipodes to other music servers and have preferred Antipodes to Aurender, Innuos, and several others. I have the Oladra now and it's my last music server. 

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verdantaudio
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@ricred1    I love the Oladra.  I personally run the Oladra at home as well and have for several years.  I have no interest in replacing it.  This unit will not be my last. I turn my samples over and I will buy another Oladra. 

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mdalton
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A server for $29k.  Forgive me, but that’s just dumb.  Really dumb.  Like insanely dumb.

yyzsantabarbara
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@verdantaudio Did you ever get the things you needed to get fibre optic to work on the Linn DAC you had? I provided you some links on Amazon and maybe Sonore for the required components.

BTW - I think I got the PlayBack Design STREAM-IF streamer from you. I only heard it on SPDIF, but that thing was as good as the Lumin X1 and Sonore OpticalRendu running on fibre (very surprising). I never heard the fibre based Plink on that streamer since I decided not to get a PBD DAC. I sold the STREAM-IF.

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