I have a 100H and can attest to it’s good sound. Also, once I had a streamer with a Tidal subscription, that was the end of CD ripping for me. I see no reason to ever buy another CD. For the price of a CD per month you have access to a nearly infinite amount of music...including most of what you own. When I compared streaming to CD... not for extended periods of time, the CD and stream of the same album were indistinguishable to me. But this was a quick compare. I noticed we have very similar equipment.
Also the USB connection will be retimed by your DAC so will be inclined to take on the sound of your DAC. The other connection types keep the timing of the steamer. I like my DACs, so am pretty happy with USB connections. I know this is a bit simpleminded, but it fits my general observations.
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George
Main: Aurender W20SE music streamer, ARC REF 9SE DAC / CD, Linn LP 12, Koetsu Rosewood SignCartrige, ARC REF 3 Phono Stage, ARC REF 6SE Preamp, ARC 160s amp, Sonus Faber Amati Traditional Speakers,Transparent Ultra IC & SC Library:Aurender N100, Ayre QB9 2020 DAC, Woo WA5-LE amp upgraded tubes, Focal Utopia HP, Sennheiser 800s HP, LCD HP.
Last edited by George Prentice; 09-06-2020 at 07:47 PM.
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