Help settle a streaming argument!

My experience so far:  I bought a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC/ Streamer with the the Bridge !! ethernet adapter about a month ago. In short the DAC is great but the Bridge II card left a lot to be desired. The music was dull and flat. All but the really well engineered recordings were a drag to listen to. Just disappointing. Plus it kept dropping the internet signal. 

In my frustration I called PS Audio for tech support and was persuaded to try the AirLens Streamer. It arrived yesterday (10/23)  Night and day. I was amazed. It was money well spent. The card is pretty simple vs. the AirLens which is a good bit bigger, heavier, and has multiple connections. 

Conclusion:  Buy an expensive streamer. You won't remember the price after a while and the joy of all that music out there at your fingertips is exhilarating. 

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Here is my experience as of yesterday 10/23:  

I bought a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC with the above bridge card in it. I love the DAC- way better than my other DAC experiences. The Bridge II was a disappointing experience. The music was flat and lifeless. It also dropped internet syncing which caused me to seek tech support which caused me to upgrade to an AirLens streamer. What a difference!  Night and day. 

My conclusion is this: Buy the best source you can afford- be it a streamer or any other source because...garbage in garbage out. 

This was a great discussion!!! My perspective is that streamers vary in SQ based on the observations of members of this forum. This would indicate to me coloration of signal going into the DAC is added to the actual digital file and that the engineer who designed the stream designed that coloration into it based on the capabilities of the components used. Do some streamers sound better than others or are they just different? Ok, back to speaker cables, now there is something we can all agree on!  :>)