Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp

@oddiofyl

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I love my Aurender.   Their support is great and it’s built like a tank.   I have used Innuos several times and I thought it was a nice product.   

I think Bluesound is great, and I think the mistake people make is that lateral move.  Maybe you think the replacement hardware is better but in a lot of cases the UI is bad or even worse support is bad 

That’s why people spending $2k on an Eversolo is nuts to me when you can buy an Innuos or used Aurender for around the same or a little more.   Or less if you got an Innuos Mini      

+1, @oddiofyl

Buy a streamer that offers best possible UI (user interface) app and support. My recommendation would be Innuos or Aurender. And build quality of a streamer is just as important as their proprietary app as this would net in best possible SQ. 

Have you considered moding your Node with a linear power supply? I moded mine with a TeddyPardo LPS and the improvement was huge.  As mentioned in an post above,  software (OS) is extremely important in a streamer; it needs to support the streaming services that you want to use.  I strem Amazon HD and Idagio,  and the BluOS is the only OS that supports both of these services. I'm continuing to use my Node2i,  and have sent my PS Audio Directstream DAC Mk1 to J.K Richards (APS Audio Transformers) for their Signature Plus upgrade. 

Our audio club had a DAC “shoot out”, which included the HiFi Rose streamer.  The winner was the Node2i connected to the Schitt BioFrost 2, the last place finisher was the Rose.  I don’t know the other streamers you have mentioned, but it would be worth your time and money to take advantage of the 15 day trial Schitt offers.

Please no subs!! You destroy the maggies.

Another👍 for the innuos pulsar !!

You could try the aries 2.2 from auralic to , not as nice app as the innuos sense but have different features like upsampling ..

(And streamers absolutely makes a big difference !!)

streamers don’t make a difference.

It has been wisely said that choosing a streamer as as much about choosing software as hardware. many people think Roon is the best software interface for playback and search and offers other features like DSP, Control and sharing between multiple devices, and of course, a rich treasure trove of metadata, containing information about the music, the artists, and the connections between them. They Sell servers and if I was starting from scratch, I think I would be tempted to get one of their servers if I was drawn to their software. 

I have an SGC ST hosting a Roon core, A Bryston BDP pi as the endpoint ,Rogue RP-1 with Mullards as the pre.  I have heard many others say the Bryston BDP-3 functions wells as a Roon endpoint.    My little BDP-1 has been rock solid for several years as an endpoint.   I also like the sound. 

I had the HiFi Rose RS250A for a bit.  It software was glitchy, the Tidal app started playing tracks at the wrong bit rate and everything sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks.  Qobuz was fine as was playing from the internal drive.  It sounded very good with a deep wide soundstage and excellent imaging.  I couldn’t get past the software issue though so I sent it back, too much money for something that didn’t work well out of the box. That was over a year ago and I’ve not heard of anyone else having that issue with it though or issues in general.  

I have a Node 2i USB connected to a Schiit Audio Bifrost 2/64, Schiit Tyrs, and Magnepan 3.7i. I cross over at 80hz between the Magnepans and a Rhythmik F12SE. It sounds magical. 

Agree on that being one of the  best streamers for the money.   Buy a streamer from a company that only does streaming that has great software and support.  Vitally important in this product segment.

If it’s me I’d get the Innuos Pulse streamer for its performance and outstanding Sense app and a pair of Rhythmik F12G subs that you can get for a little over the price of just one e110 and that have 12” drivers and much higher performance capabilities. Just my $0.02 FWIW, and best of luck.