Music Servers, Do They Matter?

I went from a laptop to a Bluesound Vault and clearly heard the difference. Plan to go up to up to an Aurrender. The sever absolutely makes a difference. Although DAC differences are easier to hear by far. I would not compare a server it to a cartridge, but perhaps turntables, or the difference between CD transports. Only my experience of course. 

deadhead1000 I have been though the same route just order the Aurender N10

Tomstruck - the A10 with a nice DAC is my end goal!

deadhead 1000 I haven't demo any of the Aurenders with the built  in  DACs are you planning to use it direct 

@deadhead1000

Finally...someone who agrees with me.
I find that most folks on forums (in general) tend to go off topic, into tangent mode, or don't answer questions directly. 

OP,

it's up to you. It's your money. Your music server is especially important when you have large files (like DSD). And any tracks that were remastered or edited will sound better on a quality music server.

I think the premise behind a lot of naysayers in this topic and many others is...they want to sound smart. Kind of like an electronics engineer disputing claims.