I have used a variety of DACs that range from $100 to $300 to $1000, and I can definitely notice a difference in the sound.

I typically use either a laptop or my TV when connecting to my DAC (USB for laptop, Optical for TV)

However I’ve seen streamers rise to popularity and some people seem to recommend them over TVs and Laptops as a streaming source.

Could they really make a noticeable difference in sound compared to changing out other major components (DAC, AMP, SPEAKERS)?

For example, why would I want a dedicated streamer if my smart TV has Tidal and Spotify built in? Are they not sending the same signal to the DAC that a separate streamer would?

  • betolami@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Issue I have with using TV as source is my particular tv resamples everything to 48khz and some apps don’t actually support lossless. So in that case a streamer would more than likely make a difference plus you usually get app to control it however a computer connected to usb is a good alternative.So basically streamer > pc > tv