Why dont more standalone DACs come with ethernet???


Would make life easier.


this one does, $2600.
iFi AUDIO Pro iDSD Quad-Stack Desktop DAC.
looks nice


jumia

Showing 4 responses by jayrossi13

I've owned the DirectStream with Bridge II, my understanding (at least according to the manual) is that the Bridge II provides UPnP rendering capabilities but still requires a a separate UPnP server. 
I have a Bricasti M1SE with the ethernet module. After the MDx board upgrade, and in my humble opinion, ethernet is superior to USB.

It seems like there are quite a few DACs with built in ethernet these days: Bricasti, Mytek, PS Audio, Lampizator, Lumin, MSB, Simaudio, Naim, Aurender, Auralic, Krell, Ayre, Hagel, Mola Mola, dCS, and the list goes on.
@treebeard1

While the PS Audio w/ Bridge and the Innuos can both be streaming end points, the Innuos differs in that it can be a Roon or UPnP Server and it has the ability store music locally on an internal hard drive.

If you don't run Roon or store files locally on a computer/music server, then you might not benefit from an Innuos. 


@treebeard1

I completely understand, the terminology is definitely confusing and different vendors make it more complex by adding their spin on the terms.

Based upon your use case, and the fact that you already have a great DAC/streamer, the Innuos probably wouldn't be rewarding for you.