DDC Sound Improvements???

My impression of the BS line of streamers has always been ICON > Nano > Node X (or ES A6) > the older Node 130 or 132, based on the descriptive statements provided by Tarun about the sound of BS. There are also a handful of feedback reports and reviews stating that the older Nodes are beaten by the Wiim Ultra.

we shouldn’t confuse comparisons of these various b-s units -- are you talking about at the analog outputs (using on the onboard dacs) or as streamers?... in my post i was referring specifically about the latter

as streamers the fact that they (the n130 and nano) sound no different once the poor/noisy internal power supply is removed from the n130 is not a surprise, they use the same (fairly mediocre) internal clocks and have very simple galvanic isolation 

tarun is a good conscientious reviewer but we must take all reviewers with a grain of salt... like us he is just a guy with his system and his ears, trying to hear the differences best he can

Streamers, as always. Tarun is just one example. There are other reviewers saying the same thing. I had the A6 before, and the Nano clearly outperforms it — again, on digital out, in my rig. I never take built-in DACs seriously.  To be frank, I even prefer Nano over ES T8.

Clock is just one component in streamer and SQ depends on, for example, power supply design, noise isolation and output stage engineering.  I assume you know about this.  Mentioning this to you might be an insult, isn’t it?

I asked ChatGPT if an Innuous streamer would be worth it over my node N130 with an external Teddy Pardo LPS ( I’m using the DAC in my Boulder 866) and it said I would only see a 5-10 percent improvement.  I wound love to get some thoughts on Chats assessment. 

Chat GPT is using an algorithm.

Garabge in garbage out..