@mark200mph nice. I heard both Eversolos recently. The 10 in particular really impressed me. Quite the looker and top notch sound to boot using the TOTL Ess Sabre DAC.
Streamer with built in DAC...is there much difference between brands?
I'm using a Node 2. Sounds fine. Why would you upgrade? I've a buddy who has one that cost well into the mid (1-100) thousands and swears it's phenomenal. I don't remember exactly what brand he had before, but it was around $300 or so.
Any thoughts?
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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. |
The simple answer is NO, if you are shopping at the same price point but YES if you are moving up the price ladder. But the orders of magnitude of improvement don't correlate...spending twice as much won't give you double the improvement except possibly the low end where the dac upgrade can be a big factor. The incremental improvements become less as the prices go up. I agree with @ghdprentice system cost breakdown. I think it is a good target to shoot for as one upgrades their rig. |
asahitoro - Well, the WiiM Ultra is a complete solution and people with many systems are happy to use it for streaming with its integrated DAC. Some also go with an external DAC.A WiiM Pro/Plus with an external battery-powered 5v solution will sound better than the Ultra with a good system and fairly good external DAC. The external 5v power is a great option for those WiiM devices. (The WiiM Ultra does not have this option.) This is somewhat system dependent. For many, the WiiM Ultra as both streamer and DAC will be an easy win.
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