For a streamer I purchased from a company seldom mentioned on here. Its the Nord Acoustics Easy Stream Connect DAC ES9038.
These are a small streamer/DAC combo that, at the flip of a switch, will allow it to be used as a combo or run a digital out to an external DAC. It accesses more sources than I knew were available. The internal DAC is pretty good on its own actually.
I went this route for three reasons,
1, It sounded better to me than the Bluesound Node 2i does in my system.
2, Its small.
3, Delivered to me, including VAT (over seas company), I spent $325.
These are a small streamer/DAC combo that, at the flip of a switch, will allow it to be used as a combo or run a digital out to an external DAC. It accesses more sources than I knew were available. The internal DAC is pretty good on its own actually.
I went this route for three reasons,
1, It sounded better to me than the Bluesound Node 2i does in my system.
2, Its small.
3, Delivered to me, including VAT (over seas company), I spent $325.