Dac with build-up streamer

Well, I have an Ayre Acoustic QX-5 Twenty Streaming DAC, and it's absolutely superb!!!  So, I highly recommend very high quality DACs with built-in streamers.  Happy listening.

Thanks sounds good

Bricasti M3. But network renderer, not a streamer. Meaning it is a Roon endpoint or can be used with mconnect but doesn’t have its own UI. 

I'm a fan of the Matrix Audio DACs with built in streaming. They have different models starting under $1,000 and going up to about $10,000 with many stops along the way. The different models I've used sounded just as good from the integrated streaming as they did from a really nice external source from Aurender or Lumin. 

DACs are a very personal choice, and what are the odds that a combo unit has the best DAC for your tastes and a streamer with excellent performance and the user interface you like best?  I’d put those odds at close to zero and there will be a significant compromise somewhere.  Go with separates.