With all other things being equal, my streamer sounds better than my macbook, which sounds better than my budget windows laptop. Just my experience. Haven’t tried it with Bluetooth.
It’s the audio geek hot topic of the moment. There’s a whole lot been written about it elsewhere, it’s interference and clocking and “it’s not just ones and zeroes” etc. I tried my 3 different streaming transports back to back and there’s a significant difference to my ears.
With all other things being equal, my streamer sounds better than my macbook, which sounds better than my budget windows laptop. Just my experience. Haven’t tried it with Bluetooth.