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Why get a separate DAC

I just put together another system in my house. Hegel h120, LRS speakers and BluOS streamer. I had never been exposed to DACs before because my main system is 20 years old. Question is whether a separate DAC is recommended. Obviously the Hegel has a good DAC as does the streamer. What do folks think and why? Thanks 
novatt

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@novatt,

The DAC in your Hegel H120 should sound better than the internal DAC in BluOS streamer. You may prefer the BluOS app interface better / versatile compare to Hegel. If you want to keep things simple, use Spotify Connect with Hegel and call it a day.

My advise would be to enjoy Hegel H120 for now, get your feet wet with streaming. Down the road you can step up to better streamer / DAC separates.
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