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Point of higher priced streamer?

Hello,
Assuming I have separate DAC, and I just want to play songs from iPad by Airplay feature.
In this case, I need a streamer to receive music from my iPad -> DAC.

What’s the point of high price streamer? I’m bit surprised that some streamers are very high priced.
From my understanding, there should be no sound quality difference.
(Streaming reliability and build quality, I can see it but I do not see advantages in terms of sound quality.)

Am I missing something? If so, please share some wisdom.
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rvpiano
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My experience is that there is a difference.  I own the Arcam rPlay streamer (now discontinued) and bought the highly touted Node 2i to see if it was an improvement. It wasn’t nearly as good.  Returned it.
big_greg
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It totally doesn't matter what streamer you use.  Just like it doesn't matter what turntable or arm you use on your turntable, as long as you have a good cartridge that measures well.  Wait, that's not how things work, is it?
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thyname
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In an audio system, everything matters. Obviously, some stuff matters more some less. It's up to us to determine where we spend our money. Hopefully by trying for ourselves, rather that posting something online to simply confirm our biases. Confirmation bias works both ways
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sangbro OP
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No. It’s not confirmation bias.

Not everything matters unless there are reasons.

Most of them matters - basically subjectively.

I get it. But some facts should not matter.

Dac matters, but remote control for that DAC should not matter

as long as remote control works properly.

Have you heard about audiophile grade router?

I do not find a reason for streamer yet.




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thyname
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Then don't buy a "higher priced streamer". Simple. What are you trying to accomplish here? To me, it is more than clear that you have made up your mind on this already.
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