Streamer? Aurender's "caching streaming" ? how important is this feature?

@oddiofyl  I would love to hear everything you have to say about the N200 once you have it and how you like it, how much better it is than what you have SQ wise. It's on my future upgrade radar. Thank you.

I have a PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC which has a buffering and reclocking feature they call a "Digital Lens." I'm not sure what the cashing feature on a streamer would do for me. It might be cheaper to get a DAC with a buffering feature than to get it in a streamer.

BTW, I stream through an ASUS gaming laptop. A FLAC or Qobuz file sounds the same as the corresponding CD to my ears. I partly credit this to the DAC's buffering and reclocking feature. Whatever noise or digital nasties that the laptop is generating are taken care of by the DAC.

I will definitely post my opinion, however my system is a bit hobbled since selling my preamp and putting my old trusty SFL-1 back in the chain.  
 

I am a few months away from receiving my new preamp I’m having built.   Either way I should hear an improvement…..  to what extent I won’t quite find out until November or December 

@oddiofyl

Congratulations. I bet you are excited. Look forward to hearing your impressions. I suspect you will find this a nice upgrade over the Bluesound.

I've been advised that my node is the weak link in my system

wondering how I can get a significant upgrade without getting into X1 territory

the two most inexpensive options at the moment appear to be a aurender 100h and/or lumin u2 mini with upgraded power supply