New streamerboard, what functions do we want?

[Hifi_swlon]

When you look at what can be achieved in the tiny footprint of something like the Chord Poly, and for an estimated retail of £499, its hard to imagine Devialet couldn't pull off far more in their internal streamerboard given the apparent retail of 1,000 plus quid. Ok, we don't know the SQ of the Poly, but the point is these kinds of technologies are becoming commonplace, even on tiny portable devices:  

768 PCM, 512DSD, Bluetooth, wifi, airplay, RoonReady, Dlna, 9 hr battery and an SD card.  In a unit 50x62x22mm.

http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/product/poly/

It's also interesting to note it's shipping early 2017, and they actually know what it is they're shipping. Crazy stuff.