Bluesound installed DAC - music killer?

I am looking at streamers.  Ideas?  Live and learn.  Not sure a stand alone streamer will impact sound that much vs existing bluesound node 2i.  

I’m fairly new to streaming as well. So I have the blue sound node 2i. At first it was hooked up to a new preamp via unbalanced rca’s and streaming over WiFi. It sounded good, not great, and not magical like I expected. So next I invested in connecting via a hard wire, and did so using a fiber optic bridge between it and the router. Big improvement! I then realized I wasn’t using the Vincent sa-t7’s onboard dac. Gotta nice 75 ohm digital coax cable and connected it to my preamp dac. Now I have the magic in spades. Took awhile and some education to get there but it’s worth it!

larry5729

"I really think the Bluesound Node 2i sounds great. I tried adding a DAC, but lost Tidal MQA and the Bluesound playing MQA sounded better. When adding the DAC the bass frequencies fell off and it sounded thin. I wonder if Bluesound increased the price to $3,000 if more audiophiles would buy more of them. Spending more doesn't necessarily sound better. Wonder how many have done a blind test. I can see it if the system is priced out at $100,000"

Wow... 

So with bluesound  dac and coaxial it sounded a lot better?

so now a stand alone dac temptation is enabled