I have a DAC (Schitt Bifrost) that I like. If I buy a basic Bluetooth receiver, like the Emotiva BTR-1, with digital output and run it through the DAC, is there any reason to consider an all-in-one streamer, like the Bluesound Node, for example? Do they have benefits over a simple BT receiver and DAC? I mostly listen to Spotify when streaming.
The main benefit for me was to free up my phone for other uses. But with my current setup there is a large amount of convenience as well, I can cast to it natively from multiple devices and voice commands.
Lossless for me is a must though, I didn’t spend the time I did to build my system to add in a bottleneck in quality via BT.
A Wiim is basically the same cost as the Emotiva BTR-1, I can’t see why anyone would choose the the Emotiva.