I use a Roon Nucleus Plus as a streamer into a Chord Qutest DAC. I got fed up with numerous problems with both Windows and Mac laptops, so I thought it might be a wise investment…and it was! I get a kick out of people who claim they are over priced for what you get, but some of those people don’t mind spending five figures on cables, so I don’t think $2500 is all that bad for a device that does its job perfectly and silently.