Ok, I'm finally warming to the idea of streaming. No issue w having to run two boxes. I remain irritated that only a minority of streamers are Roon Core meaning there is a significant quandary in going eg Innuos Zenith (Roon Core) or DCS Bridge (non-Roon Core).
And just as I'm trying to reconcile that, there are other considerations, incl what appears to be non conformity on connections.
So some Dacs are optimised for USB, where some streamers/bridges are optimised for Aes/Ebu, and gear like the Aqua LinQ bridge is optimised for i2s.
Coax seems to be favoured by some. And then there are whole units devoted to maxxing USB like MicroRendu and Innuos Zenith.
This lack of consistent opinion on up to half a dozen different connections seems to be one additional barrier to straightforward choice of gear.
Or am I over-complicating things?
And just as I'm trying to reconcile that, there are other considerations, incl what appears to be non conformity on connections.
So some Dacs are optimised for USB, where some streamers/bridges are optimised for Aes/Ebu, and gear like the Aqua LinQ bridge is optimised for i2s.
Coax seems to be favoured by some. And then there are whole units devoted to maxxing USB like MicroRendu and Innuos Zenith.
This lack of consistent opinion on up to half a dozen different connections seems to be one additional barrier to straightforward choice of gear.
Or am I over-complicating things?