Sorry about that I was part pulling this thread way off track. Bluesound Vault would work as would the Innuos ZENmini Mk3. Not sure what inexpensive is to you though as the Vault is $1400 and the Innuos is $2400-$3000 but you can find used for $2000.
on the cheap
I am looking for suggestions for an inexpensive streamer for my sister. I mean a couple hundred bucks. Does anybody make such a thing that would not have to be hooked up to the internet but would work via wi-fi or bluetooth? AND also have a built in dac. Stereo is not her life like some of us. The simpler the better. Would not have to be new. It would be nice also to have the ability to have cd storage. Is it also possible to not have to be run with tidal and be controlled by an app?
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@mahler123 have to agree with @panzrwagn Ethernet is a protocol for transmitting data. Language may change but that doesn’t change the definition of Ethernet just cause folks decide to speak incorrectly about it. See IEEE 802.3 set of standards. No one is speaking pre Elizabethan English here, he’s speaking to the actual definition and standard that is used to this day. |
I did a bit more reading and I take back my previous assertion. Ethernet is a wired protocol, wi-fi is a wireless protocol. @mahler123 the definitions you stated are the correct definitions and have always been. Once the data makes it to the network, regardless of whether it was wired or wireless it’s all IP. Sorry about taking up bandwidth here with incorrect information. As far as the OPs question, I use a MacBook Pro and a USB connection to my DAC. It works well enough at the moment and required no extra purchase for a streamer. I use Tidal and Qobuz native MacOs apps as well as internal storage to stream music. |
Wi-Fi is layer 2 as well. I don’t think there is a difference of opinion about whether Ethernet or Wi-Fi works, it was a question of whether Ethernet refers to a wired protocol vice a wireless one. Ethernet is wired, Wi-Fi is wireless. Wi-Fi uses a different protocol than Ethernet. Sorry, I will shut up and and go enjoy some music. |