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Originally Posted by antipop
I think you're mistaking streaming service like Tidal with a streamer which is just an interface that feeds the digital input of the DAC and makes the interface between the NAS or Server and the DAC.
There is a lot of one box solution so it's not easy to compare everything and I'm lost myself.
It's what they mention on their website but I've never seen one nor tested it so I don't know.
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Yes, the term is being overloaded here. I see what you are saying now. I wouldn't use Rendu or streamer like that if I could help it...I'd use USB out of the server, whether it be Mac Mini or Intel NUC or whatever. I don't see what performance advantage is gained otherwise.
I would always take USB over optical or digital coax because USB can use the clock in the DAC, I believe the others clock the signal from the source. Unless you have a very good source like an Aurender with the OCXO clock, you are using the cheap computer clock.