I had a Node 2i feeding a digital signal into my moded PS Audio Directstream DAC Mk1 over a coax connection. When I moded the 2i with a Teddy Pardo LPS there was a huge upgrade to the SQ. Two months ago I purchased the new Eversolo T8 streaming transport. Again, there was an improvement to the SQ, but not as large as the improvement when I switched the 2i to the LPS. I'm using the I2s connection from the T8 to the dac. One of the most important considerations in a streamer is the OS; is it intuitive and user friendly, and does it support the streaming services that you use? I have wanted to upgrade the streamer for some time, but until now was unable to find one that supported the two streaming services that I use most, Amazon HD and Idagio. The T8 supports both of these, plus many more. And the OS is very good.