Others are definitely more versed on this than I, but in short, there is a difference between using your phone as the streamer vs using your phone as the remote control device to control a ‘real’ streamer. In the latter case, the music is ‘originated’ by the streamer, not your phone. I’m not familiar with the B1, but it’s not possible to do hi-resolution streaming via Bluetooth, and I’m confident you would get a better sound via a streamer fed by either Ethernet or WiFi, while controlling said streamer by your phone via WiFi.
I use Qobuz into a Bluesound Node 2i into a Hegel H95, and am thrilled with the results. I’m using the DAC in my Hegel, which I think is one generation newer than the DAC in your Hegel. With the Node 2i, it would be easy to use either the Hegel DAC or the Bluesound DAC, but I’m not any help in terms of passing judgement on either (I’ve never tried the DAC in my Node 2i). It’s not exactly Bluetooth, but I get a significantly better sound from Qobuz, via the BluOS app on my phone, via WiFi to the Node 2i, than I do from Spotify via Airplay to the Hegel.
Hope that helps at least a bit. Here’s one seemingly relevant article: https://darko.audio/2020/11/no-bluetooth-cannot-deliver-hi-res-audio/
I use Qobuz into a Bluesound Node 2i into a Hegel H95, and am thrilled with the results. I’m using the DAC in my Hegel, which I think is one generation newer than the DAC in your Hegel. With the Node 2i, it would be easy to use either the Hegel DAC or the Bluesound DAC, but I’m not any help in terms of passing judgement on either (I’ve never tried the DAC in my Node 2i). It’s not exactly Bluetooth, but I get a significantly better sound from Qobuz, via the BluOS app on my phone, via WiFi to the Node 2i, than I do from Spotify via Airplay to the Hegel.
Hope that helps at least a bit. Here’s one seemingly relevant article: https://darko.audio/2020/11/no-bluetooth-cannot-deliver-hi-res-audio/