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

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I dont like happy meals, i like to buy it all separate.  
Focus is the streamer in its purist form.  Is it a network player?  Doing only bit stream conversion?


So its clear that many are unclear about the transition from an ethernet signal as it makes its way to a dac, including me.

this is important to understand, for me at least.

i guess an ethernet signal requires a transformation before being allowed into a dac via usb cable.

what happens here? Seems a network player without dac is whats needed, but exactly what does it do? Mostly rendering? And i guess as tom cruise said, ‘there is no substitute’.

so is a network player a renderer?



Brilliant reply, last paragraph key.

so bit stream conversion necessary before reaching the dac.  
A network player does this.  Dont want a streamer as it comes with lots of extra stuff i dont want.  

What about the rendering process, related to bit stream conversion?

thanks so much