Please be gentle with me! 🙏


I am a vinyl diehard and know very little of the streaming world.

My son has just bought his 1st amp and speakers a Leak 230 integrated and some JBL 4312G speakers and is currently streaming his music using an Android phone via the USB C on his phone into the USB B input on the amp, using the built in DAC on the amp. So the question is would something like a Bluesound Node N130 as a straight streamer be an audible improvement to his phone?

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Showing 1 response by ghdprentice

Yes. It also sets him up into the contemporary world of streaming. Qobuz is the best sounding service with the most high resolution recordings.

In addition this could be the example you need to start mapping out your future audio. While investment must be at least equal into the streaming world (streamer + DAC) to equal the sound quality of vinyl (tt + phonostage). You are freed from severe constraints of vinyl: a tiny library of disks, surface noise, and getting up all the time. It is good to get into this world as soon as possible. Looking back on the fifty years I spent listening to the same few disks (4,000) seems quaint in retrospect.