I am guessing whom ever told the OP this is referring to the Chi-Fi area. The all in one Streamers from SME (or whatever its call) Topping, and a few others. All are very similar. Not sure they are the "same" but nothing really stands out with them. They get the job done, they do it well, and can certainly be beat. But many like the all in ones as they just set the AVR to passthrough and add streaming and better DAC. by better DAC I am referring to the one in AVR. Its easy, they are very cost effective and hi value. Are they audiophile, not really. ASR loves them as chi-fi caters to his low noise = best.
Rebadging of Streaming Platforms
So I was reading some Q&A from an audio reviewer last night in which he mentioned that most audio streamers are just rebadged platforms from one or two vendors (I'm talking just the streaming portion of any unit, not the DAC). I have had more than one dealer tell me the same thing. So my question for anyone who knows is who actually makes these one or two platforms? Or conversely, who actually makes their own streamers? I going out on a limb and am guessing that Sonore may be one who "makes their own" but was hoping some one else had the actual answers.