Streamer opinion.. Pease comment on validity.


Please comment on the below statement. 

"A streamer is just a digital network appliance. It connects to a network, renders a digital stream, and spits out either analogue or digital audio stream. It's just digits; you don't need an 'audiophile network streamer' for the digital aspect. The 'audiophile' stuff is handled by the DAC. If the DAC can't clean up noise and jitter on the digital inputs, it's poorly engineered; look elsewhere."
pkvintage

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Anyone have a technical opinion/ information on the subject?

Maybe a couple of real world a/b’s between
Streamers hooked to the same DAC?
So it seems pretty clear now that there are sound difference in the absence of a dac in a streamer.

What causes those difference? Is it mainly the circuitry, the quality of the components or the software?

All cabling etc being equal of course
Thanks all for the comments. I beleive this thread has shed some light on a topic that has been wondered about by many members looking to buy a streamer. It definitely has for me. For myself, the system I have warrants at least a mid level streamer to take advantage of my systems already open /airy sound.

Anyone looking to part with one let me know. (Oops, am I allowed to say that? ;) 

PK