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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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yyzsantabarbara
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Sure, though it looks like February when they will ship to me. It is easy to tell improvements and deficiencies with my new system.

I was intrigued by the fact that ASR web site gave some measurements advocating a LPS for the microRendu. Seems like a lot of folks already knew that from the posts I read subsequently. I did not follow streaming too much after I had the microRendu working (and reliably) with my rig. I would have saved some money if I did not read this thread.

I was also looking into the EtherREGEN (again) from UpTone Audio but it seems controversial and it is also not idea for my situation where I hope in 2021 to have 2 killer DACs hooked to my preamp. I would be doing the EtherREGEN's B > A data flow and that is said to be sub-optimal. No need to speed money if I cannot use the best performance.
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thyname
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No. You put the incoming internet feed on A side. The streamer on B side, everything else on A side remaining three ports. You will be OK.
yyzsantabarbara
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No this will not work for me because I have 2 (maybe 3 DACs) that will be hooked up at the same time. The microRendu will be hooked up to 1 and an RJ45 will be the input on the second DAC. 

For my situation something like the Denafrips Giaa maybe better though I am not getting any of these things until I check out the stock streaming quality. 

The 2 DACs I hope to get are the AudioByte Hydra stack, which has the new HUB piece with RJ45 streaming input (some amazing tech on this stack). The other DAC is the Halo May KTE which is supposed to have a great USB input. I will also have the Benchmark DAC3B back but likely on my headphone rig unless I like it best.
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thyname
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You just got a reply from John Swenson in Audiophile Style. The designer himself. I suggest you read that reply in full. Meaning not just the first paragraph 
djones51
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Don’t let anyone talk you into a $640 ethernet switch. If you need more ports just get a netgear or cisco. Actually you would be better off using a managed switch, setting up a VLAN and using port priority. You can get a managed switch under $100
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