Streamer between Roon Nucleus Plus and DAC


Currently using my Nucleus to output via USB into a proprietary fiber optic interface that then connects to the DAC. Anything to be gained by putting a streamer in between the Nucleus and the interface? Or replacing the Nucleus with another device altogether? I do like Roon. 

tcutter

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@tcutter you have a fantastic DAC. I’m confused though…when you say you have usb from nucleus into some sort of a converter then fiber optic into DAC…do you actually mean optical cable? I don’t see any fiber optic inputs on MPD-8…can you be more specific? 

Cool. In this case, you’d need to try a streamer in your system and see if it beats this PB Designs proprietary USB to fiber optic converter with Nucleus. Some of the streamers sound better with their native processing than they do as Roon end points. Besides unless someone is very familiar with this PBD converter and how it impacts sound, it’s impossible to predict. Trying is the only way to be sure.