Streamers matter. I had an Allo Pi player and replaced it with a Node 2i. Sound quality suffered. Replaced the Node with a Lumin U-1 mini and it was much better.
Help settle a streaming argument!
This is a SQ argument and is as follows- I argue if you connect your streamer to an outboard DAC the streamer does not matter it’s just serving the music to the outboard DAC to do the work. Therefore, buy a basic streamer. The other is that you need to buy a top quality streamer and DAC to get great SQ.
I liken it to cd players or the more pretentious cd transport argument- if the intent is to connect to outboard DAC the cd player doesn’t matter the outboard DAC DOES!
features and functionality aside! Thoughts…..
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@mbmi The Innuos Pulse is usually $3800 but Audio Advisor currently has it discounted to $2355 (not sure why). Much better performance than the Node and comes with their Sense app that gets very high marks for both usability and sound. Great customer support too. |
Playing moderator here: Nobody has said what an expensive streamer does differently than a budget streamer. Are bits dropped? Are the output files supposed to be identical or does a streamer have lattitude is translating a data file to a music file? Jitter? It can't be just jitter can it? Other? Jerry |
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