15k for streamer and dac....how much on each?

There are certainly no absolutes though @ricred1 details an experience closer to my own. 

Every DAC has a favored input type and file type. Use the wrong one and streamers may sound the same. Use the right one and you might enjoy the appreciable differences between the streamer.

A home audition is a must. And that audition should really include trying the various inputs on your DAC with high quality cables.

Personally, I think 50/50 is about right but there are so many factors it’s hard to draw any specific conclusions. 

It would also help If you tell us what you’re considering and why, along with the rest of your equipment

Best,.

@carlsbad2 

+1

@audiocanada 

At most, 70/30 in favor of the DAC. As Carlsbad stated, the DAC is the heart. Somehow, audiophiles have lost their way and are trying to convince themselves that we need $10K streamers. I'm running a $19K DAC with a $5K streamer and would not change anything except moving up to the next-level DAC within that product line. In my opinion, the streamer contributes, at most, 25% of the sound quality. A dealer with whom I'm acquainted has a very high-end home system but uses a Bluesound as his streamer. If this guy weren't such a straight shooter, I would have called BS on this one!

thanks all

my system is always changing while remaining a  2 channel music streaming system at heart

I would say I favour pieces that can act as tools....in the sense that they have the potential to play nice with a wide variety of other components

I'm newer to this but have gone in deep over the past couple years

I've come close to establishing certain baselines with amps and speakers, this has taken some work

the dac / streamer part still has me learning as I have great difficulty hearing differences with these components

I enjoy buying and switching gear and trying new things

I'm not a traditional audiophile by any stretch and don't quite see or maybe understand how you guys view gear...still trying to learn,

I enjoy music in many forms,

grew up heavy on the club scene and car audio scene...later concerts of all types

I have traveled multiples states in various audio clubs 

a excellent product Denmark Audio Group

the AAvic  180,280 ,exceptions integrated amps and better then anything in their respective price classes ,vs all well known name brands around 8k and $11k 

they all have 300-600wpc the differences are in. More active Tesla coils and a few other upgrades. ,nothing but cutting edge technologies and several other technologies in  classD on a much higher level .the pass labs ,Hegel ,bryston ,Boulder was not  that close and less $$ the dac board is extra very good detailed and rich , Ansuz thier cable line very good but not cheap, and the Xline Borresen Loudspeakers , class leading bargains .they are on m6 to do list ,depending on my budget later in the year, you truly need to hear them before giving a honest opinion.

streamer the Innuos line has some very good mini pulsar line under $2k and the optional upgrade LPS ,I would buy from linear tube audio for 1/2 off and I feel as good for $700.including a excellent DC cable .or buy the matching LPS  but more $$.and innuos has a excellent interface better sounding then Roon.