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RE: First of all...

Yeah, everything in the chain makes a difference. With a USB DAC (Gustard R26) I tried an iFi Zen streamer, sending music over the network from my MacBook Pro, and it sounded awful.

So much better to use my aurender N100 server (that's not a streamer)

Then putting a Gustard U18 DDC between the aurender and the R26 improved things even more.

I use top quality (custom) cables such as the coax on the U18 -> R26. Have very good custom power conditioning. These things probably make my system more revealing.

So to me, everything upstream of the DAC matters: a lot. In the end, my opinion. Your experience may vary.


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