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A network connection would be nice to have but I suppose the price would increase drastically and it would need a new (bigger) enclosure. Not to talk about the engineering effort to prevent the streaming section from interacting with the DAC.I actually get the Bluetooth thinking. Have phone, have streaming service via phone- you need nothing more with the RME eq to enjoy if you dont want to fire up your PC. Its not perfect, but its convenient given the inbuilt DSP
But I would far rather have a network connection and upnp and/or chromecast
I tried to solve my need of a streaming device with a Volumio Primo Hifi. It doesn't provide Bluetooth but gives access to Tidal and Quobuz, which I don't use (yet). The app for the smartphone is usable but buggy. The fact that Volumio 3 is announced to provide a PEQ with import of data from REW prevented me from selling it. Volumio 3 is on beta testing right now and should be rolled out at the end of the year.
What I will NOT trade in for an update is my actual RME. I appreciate, that RME tries to keep the DACs performance on the given level and that they don't try to push a new model into the market every now and then. This keeps the value of all the older ADIs out there on a reasonable level.