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Streamers - Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, others...

Any recommendations, please? :)
I'm looking for a streamer only – without a DAC.

I’ve been leaning toward the Auralic Aries S1 since it’s reasonably priced and available pre-owned. It also has a coaxial input, so I could connect my CD player as a transport. I’d mostly use it as a Roon endpoint, as I run Roon on a Mac Mini and really enjoy it — especially for its great music recommendations.

I’ve read some threads here, and many of you seem to love Aurender and Lumin. Has anyone had a chance to compare them with the Auralic?

Thanks!

gabriel123
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jbuhl
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Bryston BDP-3 and BDP-Pi make great ROON endpoints, although both discontinued you can still get support.  

Moon Mind 2 streamer is ROON supported as well

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gabriel123 OP
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I’m curious how much of a real sound difference there actually is between the Eversolo T8 and the Lumin U2 Mini, which costs almost twice as much.

hervechatagnier
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I have the following:

Qobuz through its app on a Windows PC

A Douk Audio Pro hooked up to my PC to eliminate noise (it's called a DDC)

An Audioquest cable from the Douk to a NAD 3020 v.2 with a built in DAC.

Am I wrong to think that a streamer without a DAC won't give me any added value since I have a DDC between my PC and the built in DAC?

Buying a DDC is an inexpensive way to use your PC to a DAC in order to eliminate noise. A streamer would then be useful only for convenience and not sound?

In other words, the OP doesn't need a streamer but a DDC hooked up to the PC?

Thx.

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coppy777
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