My equipment: Intel NUC Mini 7i5BNH i5-7260U DDR NUC7i5BNH in the place of a Roon Nucleus that I used to use. My purpose: Using Roon to stream Tidal and mostly to explore for new music. My accompanying DAC a tubed Cary Audio 200ts. With this DAC connected to an Oppo UDP-203 player, I can listen to music either via CD or streamed. The sound quality is great, but I am having issues with Roon streaming Tidal, sometimes it works and sometimes not, i.e., sometimes Roon just cannot make Tidal play. I noticed the reference here to using Spotify by others. Does Spotify have the same sound quality as Tidal, where if you upgrade to 19.99 a month, you get hi resolution quality? But insights on how to get Roon proprietary software to mesh with Tidal software would be an eye opener, if you can fill that in. Cheers.
Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500
I currently run Metrum Ambre with Metrum Onyx and really enjoy it, but am looking to upgrade to a better streamer that has spotify among other aps. Currently looking at Lumin U1 mini, Auralic, etc.
Curious what others think
Curious what others think