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spend on the streamer or on the DAC ?

I a considering splashing north of 5000 (euro) for a new source for my rig (MOOON 340i, OPERA QUINTA speaker, McIntosh SACD, Node2). Better to spend more for the DAC or the streamer ? I was thinking about a Schitt yggrasil.Or would it make sense to spalsh on a more expensive DAC and use the Node2 as a streamer, or, for that matter, stream from my Macbook Pro. Regards.
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thyname
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Hey @dannad: you seem knowledgeable dude. Very curious: what is YOUR streamer and DAC? Thanks 
fastfreight
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...or to be more direct, don't waste your money on a separate streamer until you have a very good DAC you like, and it just might even also be a very good streamer!  and one less box and cable and power cord...and that again is just my opinion!  Ken
djones51
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Have you checked to see if you can get a DAC module for the 340i? There is the Simaudio streamer DAC 280d at least you could use the same remote.
https://simaudio.com/en/product/280d-streaming-dac/
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pcrhkr
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I saw the coolest product not sold in the states but in the UK you might be able to. I never heard of it before. Advance Paris. At Kronosav.com
rbstehno
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Get the best dac you can afford that has an Ethernet port and then get Roon to run on a server that is located outside of your audio room. Forget about the flawed usb connection, then you don’t need a computer in your room. All streamers are computers and some try to justify their expense on getting usb to work.
If you don’t want to use Ethernet, then use i2s for your dac connection. Most dacs don’t have these inputs but the better 1’s do
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