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looks good - maybe one for @dbr to consider if he rates the DAC as making a difference.
In my set up, it is playing flac files from a NAS and Tidal, via Roon on a fairly cheap windows laptop. The laptop has an Ethernet connection to the router. So in theory, no lossy compression.
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That's going to sound phenomenal.
For my Chromecast Audio I just use one of these https://audioengineusa.com/shop/components/d1-24-bit-dacheadphone-amp/
I figure that anything streamed is already compressed enough that adding a DAC is a tiny benefit not a significant one. Just something a bit better than the built-in.