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Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp
@soix who the h are you?  Another audiophile has a different opinion from you.  Dude! Get over it!   
Digital Path to Complete my System
btw, here’s a little “how to” from a few years ago.  Concepts are still relevant:   how to stream  
Digital Path to Complete my System
A lot to unpack here.  For example, do you want to have your CD collection on a NAS connected to your network, with separate streamer and DAC?  Or do you want to have an all-in-one solution; these tend to be pricey, however, and then you’re stuck ... 
Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp
streamers don’t make a difference.  
Importance of streamer in audio chain
you will definitely notice a difference if you want to.  
why expensive streamers
@mclinnguy  my main point in this whole thread has been that it is very common for many of us to cite “lower noise” to explain differences in sound that we can’t otherwise explain.  but there’s this weird cognitive dissonance among many when conf... 
why expensive streamers
@mitch2  To me, the issue is not whether there’s no jitter, it’s whether there’s a substantial difference in jitter across streamers, how much jitter we’re talking about, and the extent to which different DACs reject jitter from streamers. As I’... 
why expensive streamers
@cleeds  Geez, the second comment was an apology for the first.  Doesn’t anyone even accept apologies anymore?   
why expensive streamers
@mgrif104  I apologize if my frustration came across as hostile.    
why expensive streamers
@cleeds  those are called rhetorical questions.    .   
why expensive streamers
@mgrif104  I agree to disagree.  And I do believe that you are earnest in your beliefs.  I guess my frustration is this feeling that we live in a post-truth world.  I show you factual evidence of virtually no jitter across a wide range of streame... 
why expensive streamers
@mclinnguy  hah, nice try! but let’s stay on topic.  
why expensive streamers
@mgrif104  I’m astonished that you can point to jitter at the same time that it’s been demonstrated that jitter is virtually nonexistent in any decent streamer.  How can it be that these manufacturers have discovered a secret in removing jitter, ... 
why expensive streamers
@mgrif104  you can’t attribute the differences to noise when objective measures of this most easy to measure quality show that’s not it.  that’s all i’ve been saying.  that’s like saying an engine puts out more horsepower when the data show us ot... 
why expensive streamers
@12many  The only Bluesound product I have is their Powernode, which drives my outdoor speakers on the deck; I’m using the internal DAC cuz it’s obviously about as far as you can get from a critical listening environment.  The Aurenders I’ve hear...