Help settle a streaming argument!

But all the hype I hear about better streamers addressing issues with jitter and timing which can affect sound quality, all this hype I believe is BS.

@daleberlin Well you’re free to “believe” whatever you want.  But when you have the vast majority of people here who have upgraded to better streamers and have experienced very obvious positive improvements, well, you’re kinda swimming against the stream here.  Do you really think all those folks are fooling themselves into thinking they’re hearing something better, because if you do I think you’re the one fooling yourself.  And it’s not just about jitter and timing — better parts quality, power supplies, and significantly lower noise levels are all important aspects of why more expensive streamers sound better, and significantly so.  Ignore the wisdom of the members on this site at your own peril.  I will say burying your head in the sand is certainly an easier way to go, or maybe try a better streamer yourself and see what you hear rather than just what you “believe” to be true. 

@david_ten -- is the salmon delta/sigma, R2R, or NOS?

So CLEARLY misguided says the man who so CLEARLY never listened to a quality streamer. More false,  naïve and misguided words  have ever  been spoken. I speak these words from a position of authority bc I have a great, state of the art in the Mola Mola Tambaqui. It connects as a network streamer to Roon and  sounds very good. But it doesn’t sound NEARLY as good  as when fed by my Sonore Rendu SE via USB OR via AES by my new Antipodes K22 player. 
 

Perhaps your  intention as to create acrimony and division? That’s all you’ll get from me. 

Do you really think all those folks are fooling themselves into thinking they’re hearing something better

@soix well actually yes, if they didn’t hear humming or cracking sounds with original streamer. Do you really think none of those folks were fooling themselves?  Hey maybe you are correct, but based on evidence presented to me, most streamers have identical SQ. I need more than “He said, she said” to convince me otherwise.

curious why you would think we would fool ourselves...though certainly, if you hear no difference, so be it - you save a lot of money...