I have a DAC (Schitt Bifrost) that I like. If I buy a basic Bluetooth receiver, like the Emotiva BTR-1, with digital output and run it through the DAC, is there any reason to consider an all-in-one streamer, like the Bluesound Node, for example? Do they have benefits over a simple BT receiver and DAC? I mostly listen to Spotify when streaming.

  • quaefus_rex@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Does it really matter how high a sample rate a DAC goes up to if your source material doesn’t need it? I don’t doubt that you prefer the SMSL to the Schiit, but I don’t think it’s because of DSD512 vs 24/192. That’s well beyond human hearing and into the realm of industrial calibration equipment.

    I use Qobuz which caps out at 24/192 so anything beyond that is useless to me, and I’m not convinced I can even hear the difference between, say, 24/48 and 24/192. OP is streaming Spotify which I believe is at 16/44.1, so a DAC that goes to 24/192 is overkill for him at the moment.