Another thought of the streaming topic is a lot of reviewers recommend using something like J river/Audervana/Roon and so on to bypass Our P.C.s or App. processing.

With a quality D.A.C. and decent connection wouldn't it make such programs irrelevant? Regardless of such claims that, "Widows/Mac processing are set to make everything sound good"

I've been using Tidal through HDMI/Play fi for a couple years. To an Anthem MRX720. Aside from minor WIFI drops, it's been great. Would one of these programs really take it to the next level?