I know I'm not going to explain this right, but I'll try, in layman's terms (sorry, laymen!) You can't just hook the NAS/router directly into a DAC - you're still missing the 'soundcard' function that a computer (or the SB3) provides in translating the digital file (.wav, eg) into a *digital audio signal* (is this referred to as PCM format?) that gets fed to a DAC for 'digital-to-analogue' conversion. For example, that's why the SB3/Transporter have 'digital outs'. This is the digital audio signal that you can feed to a DAC, after the SB3 has already changed it from a computer file to a digital audio signal. Proud of myself - I think I've explained it to myself, even if nobody else gets it!
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