I recently moved my Oppo Sonica DAC to my upstairs system. I felt I was not getting the best resolution when streaming Tidal (no masters).
The Oppo for the price was great, unfortunately no longer made.
I replaced it with a Bluesound Node 2i for streaming and a Benchmark DAC3. The Benchmark is much superior to the Bluesound onboard DAC. So for about $2500 (2i =499 and Benchmark about 2K) I have temporary audio bliss.
Get the remote for the Benchmark even though it runs $100.00. If you can utilize the balanced outputs on the Benchmark I highly recommend you configure it that way. The Benchmark has replaced my tube preamp as it has two analog inputs and 4 digital.
Bob
The Oppo for the price was great, unfortunately no longer made.
I replaced it with a Bluesound Node 2i for streaming and a Benchmark DAC3. The Benchmark is much superior to the Bluesound onboard DAC. So for about $2500 (2i =499 and Benchmark about 2K) I have temporary audio bliss.
Get the remote for the Benchmark even though it runs $100.00. If you can utilize the balanced outputs on the Benchmark I highly recommend you configure it that way. The Benchmark has replaced my tube preamp as it has two analog inputs and 4 digital.
Bob