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Point of higher priced streamer?
Hello,
Assuming I have separate DAC, and I just want to play songs from iPad by Airplay feature.
In this case, I need a streamer to receive music from my iPad -> DAC.
What’s the point of high price streamer? I’m bit surprised that some streamers are very high priced.
From my understanding, there should be no sound quality difference.
(Streaming reliability and build quality, I can see it but I do not see advantages in terms of sound quality.)
Am I missing something? If so, please share some wisdom.
Assuming I have separate DAC, and I just want to play songs from iPad by Airplay feature.
In this case, I need a streamer to receive music from my iPad -> DAC.
What’s the point of high price streamer? I’m bit surprised that some streamers are very high priced.
From my understanding, there should be no sound quality difference.
(Streaming reliability and build quality, I can see it but I do not see advantages in terms of sound quality.)
Am I missing something? If so, please share some wisdom.
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@thyname1,055 posts So @rhg you fully understand those plots, but you still don’t own any streamer (just ordered a CCA from eBay), and any DAC? Hmmmm....Here I quote a post from https://community.roonlabs.com/t/chromecast-audio-sound-quality/45972/41 who reports on an actual a/b listening comparison between a Chromecast Audio with Toslink, MicroRendu and USB direct from Nucleus into a Hugo 2. It seems to support AS's assertion that "Using a well-designed Dac like the Topping D50, there is no difference at all between Toslink from Chromecast or higher fidelity sources. All the jitter is filtered out resulting in the performance of the DAC itself being the limit." Ok, I did the comparison. I found no differences with 96k content or with 44k content. One caveat: I did notice a bit of harshness on an EST track — the piano is a bit harsh and jangly on the beginning of Dodge the Dodo, obviously intentional because it is perfectly smooth at other points in the track, but I thought the CC made it extra harsh. Which might indicate that it has trouble with the complex high frequency tones of an abused piano. I could investigate more. And I never noticed it elsewhere. But note that I did hear differences yesterday with the Bel Canto DAC 3, which is a fairly old device (about 2010, I guess). So this supports my standard theory that the importance of the quality of a producer depends on the sensitivity of the consumer, and the Hugo 2 is very new and brilliant..." Also, please note that my purchase of the CA is primarily intended to test whether I will like the features of Roon and to allow me to use Roon in the meantime on whatever DAC/streamer system I finally decide to purchase/audition, since many new devices are not yet Roon certified. BTW, can you please tone down the volume of insults and denigrations? |
@rhg88, Much of the criticism comes from following statement you’ve posted without even having the opportunity to actually listen the CC and any comparison with high priced streamers in your own system, “it will outperform many higher-priced streamers and it will be hard to beat, at least from the performance measuring perspective.” Good luck with your journey into digital. “Music that doesn’t stir emotions is just Noise” |
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