At one point in time I had a mac mini with audirvana feeding a Berkeley alpha usb which was feeding a Berkeley alpha dac. Out of boredom I purchased a Raspberry PI and installed Roppieexl to try streaming. I then compared the direct Mac connection with the Mac streaming to the Raspberry pi connected to the Berkely. I found minimal sound differences between the two setups.
Streaming Transport without DAC- few choices
I already have a very good DAC. I already have a very good preamp. There seems to be a dearth of streaming transports under $2000 which noes not include a DAC, does not include preamp function or does not include both.
So tempted to just get a Mac mini and use that as a dedicated transport/server, played through audirvana
So tempted to just get a Mac mini and use that as a dedicated transport/server, played through audirvana