BEST MUSIC STREAMER UNDER 5K? BEST MUSIC STEAMER OVER 5K?

My streamer actually uses Audirvāna. Has better sound quality than using roon 

@phusis That is an interesting comparison. What playback software did you use with the MU1?

@ohlala wrote:

That is an interesting comparison. What playback software did you use with the MU1?

Thanks. Roon/Qobuz was used as the playback software with the MU1, as it was with the NuPrime Evolution stream. I prefer Qobuz over Tidal, but ultimately the very best playback solution in my existing setup (as described above) is done via JRiver MC34/35 and local, lossless files. 

@phusis  Thank you. I have found Roon offers less resolution than upnp/dlna applications, all of which sound the same on my system. I have wondered if Grimm products escaped this issue.

Relating to the OP and FWIW I use a sonic transporter i9 in to a Bricasti M3 renderer.  I haven’t done comparisons but have a hard time imagining the ~$1000 renderer option isn’t a great value for the under $5k crowd.