Fee for home audition

@lalitk 

+1

Get it broken in… maybe optimize the interconnect and power cord,.. then start looking.

I agree Berkeley and I would add Audio Research. I have had both in my system and slightly preferred the Audio Research… and it was less expensive… more musical.

OP,

You should be fine accessing your NAS. No additional connections required. When a connected mt streamers, they automatically found my NAS and asked if I wanted to import it. So, you should be good. I’m sure there is a setting to just access. Although I just stream no… no point in access in my local files except if there is network problems… about once every two years.

Congratulations on your purchase. Sounds like a great component.

Using a WiFi extender with a high end streamer solves the problem of running Ethernet lines. I know of more than one high end audio system running on a WiFi extender…. And yes the Ethernet cable between the extender and streamer makes a difference.

No standard. But that is strange.

How much does it cost? If it is a $20K streamer or a $1K streamer… it makes a difference. One hour isn’t a long time.

My dealer brings stuff to my house for free. He leaves it there for weeks. But this is stuff in the $20K range and I have known him for twenty years.