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Solo streamer

I’m looking to replace my Cambridge CXN v2 with a streamer that has better SQ.  I want a streamer with no extra accoutrements: no DAC, storage capacity, etc., nothing but a streamer.  Is this available?

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Yes, I was a pianist.

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@audphile1 Which DAC did you get?
 

I sold my Bricasti M3. Tried PS Audio DSD MkI, now taking a Chord Hugo TT2 for a test drive. My gut feeling is I am making a full circle back to Bricasti just need to figure out which model. 

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@audphile1 

I would add Master Fidelity DAC on your trials. 

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I was looking at Merging dac on TMR but it lacks USB. 
I’ll read up on Master Fidelity. Thanks @lalitk !!!

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I would not recommend Merging DAC with N200 or any streamer with USB/SPDIF output. Merging strengths lies with using its proprietary Ethernet (Ravenna) protocol. In that scenario, you stream from a ROON server directly into Merging DAC via Ethernet. I was conversing with @arafiq other day about ROON sound quality, looks like it’s gone up few notches. As a result, I have embraced ROON and sold my N30SA.

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