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Streamers, servers, players - woefully overpriced??

Look at the insides of these devices. They have very standard parts, power supply may be abit refined but still basic stuff.  All this for questionable SQ benefits.  We are still in the digital domain.  
Dacs and amps are considerably more complex and may justify some higher pricing.

why is streamer area so hyped and overpriced?  All to buy a pretty box?  And I do want improved SQ but it is tough to see it.
emergingsoul
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fuzztone
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I couldn't get the micoRendu to play anything and neither could any of the morons at Small Green Crapbox.
It should be sold strictly for Roon.
At least the one they sent me was worthless otherwise.
melvinjames
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A shame about the lack of proper support for your mRendu. Fortunately, I've had the opposite experience from Sonore. In fact, Jesus went out of his way to help me with a control/library app (Rigelian) when the developer of the app offered little.
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thyname
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False. Plenty of extremely cheap streamers available from Chromecast Audio to Pi. Lots of extremely affordable options.
mahler123
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Melvinjames, you’ve got some pretty impressive connections in Tech Support.  I invoked Moses to help me with my streamer but he was busy with the Jewish Holidays....
lolroyy
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Try a DAP with USB audio out, you will be pleasantly surprised 
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