Since you are talking about Spotify, I wouldn’t sweat it. It’s lossy audio so what does it matter?
Streaming Spotify
Currently I have a basic system consisting of pre-amp, ss-amp, Dynalab tuner. cd player and (2)speakers . Currently, I subscribe to a music streaming service mostly for running and workouts. Basic question: If I stream into the home system via my cell phone, am I missing out on better audio by not having a DAC connected to the cell? Would I bypass the pre-amp? Does the pre-amp have a DAC circuit built in?
Thanks