Music streamer with no DAC and no storage?

Some of you guys recommending Node 2 (used) for his $11,500 active speakers must be smoking something. Streamers do matter. A lot, especially when the rest of the system is top notch. Putting the Node2 to his Kii is like buying a $350 turntable to feed a $11,500 phono stage.

@thyname  Your phono pre / turntable analogy is pretty much what I have done with my Bluesound Node 2.  It's going into a $3500 DAC and coming out some $6500 speakers.  I think it sounds wonderful.  Things don't always have to cost thousands of dollars to work or sound great.

Awesome @big_greg ! Good for you!

Honest question: have you tried any alternative streamer to feed your $3,500 DAC ? Everything sounds great until you try something better. If all streamers sound the same, why don't you get a  Chromecast Audio at $15 on sale?

@thyname I’ve streamed from my Oppo BDP-105 and 103 and a Marantz NA6005 and listen to a lot of digital music from my network using a number of different DACs.

Have you streamed from a Node 2?

There’s always something "better", but the Node 2 is very satisfying.

I'm not sure where the "all streamers sound the same came from".  I didn't say that.  I said the Node 2 sounds great. 

I was skeptical about the Node 2 because of its low price, but I was able to pick one up for $200 and figured I could flip it if it wasn't that great.  It's not going anywhere and I don't feel like I'm missing anything.

All I was saying @big_greg is that there are better streamers out there. A resolving systems (DAC, speakers, amp, etc.) will highly benefit by a good streamer. The better the streamer is, the better the system will sound. Not a knock on Node2.

I used to have a Node 2 a long time ago. I have moved on...