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Streamer or DDC

Question from a digital newbie, I purchased a dac with I2S input and I keep hearing and reading that the I2S connection sounds better than USB. I was considering moving to a streamer to lower any PC noise interference but now I am wondering if using my MacBook --->DDC---> dac will give me the same results as streamer with I2S---> dac. I am sure many Agoner have much more experience than me in the digital music field and I would appreciate any help I can get. Thank you and stay safe!
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I was using a Roon ROCK connected to my Terminator DAC through a Bryston BDP2 streamer via AES3.
I bought a Denafrips Gaia DDC and connected my Roon server to the Gaia via USB and then used i2s to connect the Gaia to my DAC. This was a significant improvement over using the steamer. 

Since you’re  using a Denafrips DAC and have your computer close to the DAC, I think you’d be very happy with one of the Denafrips DDCs. 



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