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Can I use a streamer with an internal dac when I have an integrated with an internal one?

I have a Parasound Hint 6 Integrated and am looking for a streamer. The Parasound has a reference internal dac, however most streamers I see have a dac in them as well. Is it possible to bypass the dac in the Parasound. I am currently looking at the Mytek Brooklyn Bridge Streamer. Any thoughts would be extremely helpful!
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tomstruck
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I'm looking at Aurender N10 and Auralic Aries G2.1
both without Dacs
mofojo
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I would guess the Dac in the mytek would be better than the one in the integrated. You could absolutely run it either way. 
I have not seen too many reasonably priced streamer only options without dac. Would be interested to hear about any as I don’t use the dac inside the bluesound node.
mofojo
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To clarify my idea of reasonable for a streamer would be 1k or under. 
sgreg1
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My streamer is my MacBook Pro with roon. My external dac is Schiit bifrost with usb unison. This dac is modular for unplugging and plugging in new boards as the technology changes. No need to buy new or send back for upgrades or software updates. Also like how MacBook is updates constantly. Biggest sound improvement I had with this combo was moving from WiFi to cat6 for connection. This change was a 100% sound stage and bass improvement for quobuz.
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