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My question is About music streamers in general. My current setup is a Laptop connected to my integrated job amp through usb. I was wondering if I should replace my laptop with a dedicated streamer without a Dac cuz my int already had one. So purely speaking about the difference between a dedicated streamer and a laptop. Does a streamer have a tangible improvement than a laptop? Just on the audio quality is there a tangible improvement. If yes plz suggest me some good ones below 1000usd. I’m currently eyeing the lindenmann limetree bridge. Thank you 
parvatham
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lalitk
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@cleeds,

Sorry to hear about your experience with Aurender and it appears you’re still pretty miffed about it. I see very little point in dwelling over the past. Move on please....
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lalitk2,256 posts12-11-2020 11:56am@cleeds,

Sorry to hear about your experience with Aurender and it appears you’re still pretty miffed about it. I see very little point in dwelling over the past. Move on please....


He and others have got valid reason/s to me.
I wouldn’t go near Aurender no matter what model, after they tried to pull this stunt.

https://www.stereophile.com/comment/570957#comment-570957

Cheers George


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fuzztone
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I've never touched an Aurrender. The last good Korean hifi I got was Cowon.
I just point out that it is inappropriate for this thread.

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+1 for Lumin
x5owner1
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I would suggest a rpi 4 running Ropieee XL for the operating system (~$75 including power supply, passive heat sink case and 32 MB microSD card) feeding a Topping D10s DAC ($99). All available on Amazon. Google search for RoPieee for instructions on how to flash the operating system to the microSD card. Works with Roon (either WiFi or Ethernet) or iPhone music apps (Tidal, Amazon HD, etc) via AirPlay 2.  Sound quality of the Topping D10s DAC is likely better than your integrated DAC if it is more than 3 to 5 years old. And put the extra $800 in the bank. 
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