At your price point, a preowned Aurender N100H will give excellent SQ. The Conductor App works well with QoBuz and Tidal streaming services, and makes it easy to upload and catalog your digital files. Reliability and customer service are excellent. If you can increase yor budget, a preowned N200 or N10 will provide better SQ and in my opinion is worth the additional spend. A preowned Aurender is the way to go over other new streamers/servers that retail at your price point.
Streamer, no DAC please?
Sorry if this topic has been beaten to a pulp...I recently upgraded the digital side of my rig, Denafrips, Pontus 15 with a Project CD Box RS2T transport...
Now I have the itch to try streaming. It pains me to invest in a high end streamer and once again pay for a DAC.
Is it possible to find a quality steamer without a DAC? Any direction is appreciated, FYI, I consider myself a luddite.