Auralic designed the Aries G1 for wireless operation and recommend it over an ethernet connection. The Airies also has twin linear power supplies while I believe the Lumin U1 Mini only has a single switched power supply. I've never heard the Lumin, but I'm sure it sounds very good. It's just that the Aries offers a lot for your money. I have the older Altair and it sounds excellent wirelessly. BTW, Auralic's Lightning DS operating system is actually only compatible with an Apple product. Have fun in your search.
Good Streamer with WiFi Connectivity
Hi,
Newbie looking to add a Streamer into existing System. This unit will feed into a separate DAC (Accuphase).
WiFi connectivity of unit is preferred—to keep things simple—ie. don’t want the extra work on router, ethernet connect etc where possible, foreseeing the cabling~messy.
Is this (WiFi) route a compromised in sound quality? Which Streamer in the 3-5k range will do the job nicely? Will be using Tidal/Spotify. Lumin? Aurender? Or...? Thanks.