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i read through quite a few posts and they are all over the place. Certainly no overwhelming majority in one camp or the other. In my case it is a higher end PC ((not that this matters). Really hard to discern a real difference in sound quality especially given the difference in volume. Some people reference noise, power switching etc produced by the PC to say streamer is better. I could understand that explanation if I was trying to take analog out of the PC but it’s digital data and in my case it doesn’t appear to be affected. And many audiophiles are using PCs as their source which I don’t think would be the case if streamers were that much better an option. I was actually predisposed to hearing an improvement In SQ. Maybe my ear Is not well developed. I will try to see if I can run it through my headphone dac/amp versus PC to see if I can get a matching sound level for comparison.
i read through quite a few posts and they are all over the place. Certainly no overwhelming majority in one camp or the other. In my case it is a higher end PC ((not that this matters). Really hard to discern a real difference in sound quality especially given the difference in volume. Some people reference noise, power switching etc produced by the PC to say streamer is better. I could understand that explanation if I was trying to take analog out of the PC but it’s digital data and in my case it doesn’t appear to be affected. And many audiophiles are using PCs as their source which I don’t think would be the case if streamers were that much better an option. I was actually predisposed to hearing an improvement In SQ. Maybe my ear Is not well developed. I will try to see if I can run it through my headphone dac/amp versus PC to see if I can get a matching sound level for comparison.