You will need something to get the music from your NAS to your stereo. I have a Synology NAS and its Disc Station Manager does have an audio player that can play on my computer. But to get the music to my stereo I use an Auralic Aries Mini connected to an outboard DAC. That is the easiest way to get the music on the NAS to your stereo and there are various streamers. Cambridge is one of them, some folks like Chromecast Audio which is inexpensive but I believe its going away. Good luck!
Do I have to use a streamer/renderer to play music from an NAS?
I apologize for the basic question. But, I can’t seem to find an answer online. I would like to put all my CDs on an NAS and play that music through my system. I have a Rotel RC/RB-1590 set up. I know some NAS boxes come with DLNA software installed, and I am looking at Synology because I read their software for finding and selecting music to play is pretty good. Eventually, I will probably end up with something like a Cambridge Audio CXN or 851N to stream tidal and digital radio, as well as the music on the NAS. But, do I have to have the Cambridge or some other device to just play the digital music from the NAS to start? I would like to do the purchases in steps so I can get better units as I can afford them. Also, any advice on alternative solutions would be much appreciated. Thanks.