Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC)

Sorry, the obvious solution is a Aurender W20se. This would be the obvious streamer to mate with your DAC, the most common at audio shows. If you own a dCS Paganini you are deluding yourself if you are thinking you can buy a $5K streamer and getting appropriate performance out of that DAC. I would not even consider anything except a W20SE. There may be a couple other high end streamers… I’m thinking Linn. But anything less would be crazy.

With the caliber of your equipment I would recommend posing the question to the community of audio aficionado dot com. The average system there is like yours. Ask an appropriate streamer for your system. You will get responses from folks with systems of the same caliber you have.

I have an extra Auraulic Altair g1 if you’re interested. There’s nothing wrong with it I got a different one for my birthday.

bluesound node

seriously, you might try some at home in your own system... 🤣

@raysmtb1 well played....you are keeping the Rose...

I thought dCS had their own streamer, no? Apparently not.

I have tried a few, of which I thought the Bricasti M5 and the Auralic Aries G1 were very good. I tried both at home, couldn't hear a difference, and bought the Auralic. I like it very much.

The similar Auralic Aries G2.1 is more costly (their top of the line), but it's unclear that it's better when used with a non-Auralic DAC.