There are so many ways to skin this cat. I am using a USB bridge based on XMOS chip (Breeze DU-U8) to connect the server to Dialog. Breeze comes with a Talema transformer and is only $100 when directly ordered from Aliexpress. So it's a cheaper alternative but sound quality is superb. JRiver license costs $75 including iphone app. But you can never stop spending if you are addicted to Hi-fi music. USB filter is justified when using USB output from server (USB regen is $175). When using external hardware, linear power supply is costly but well spent investment for maintaining sound quality. Another source of artifacts is power lines. Power line conditioner for phantoms, dialog and external devices significantly helped to eliminate cracks (Furman PL-PLUS C is about $150).
Remote >> 2x Silver Phantoms << Eth << Dialog UPNP << JRiver MediaCenter 24 - Ubuntu 18.04 x64 [VMWare] << File server - Windows 10 x64 [Supermicro X11SSH-LN4F, Xeon E3-1425 v5, 46 Tb, 16Gb DDR4 ECC] * Spark is only used to update firmware *
