As the traditional HiFi manufactures had to include streaming capability a few years back without having the know how, they used technology from companies that already developed streaming technology. One of the leading companies is StreamUnlimited based in Austria. Their origins are in the Vienna-based Philips Audio Video Innovation Center. They don't publish who their customers are. Interestingly Google took a 41% share in the company in 2017. A few (undisclosed) high end hifi companies use their platforms.Do check out their website and you have an idea of what their capabilities are.
Rebadging of Streaming Platforms
So I was reading some Q&A from an audio reviewer last night in which he mentioned that most audio streamers are just rebadged platforms from one or two vendors (I'm talking just the streaming portion of any unit, not the DAC). I have had more than one dealer tell me the same thing. So my question for anyone who knows is who actually makes these one or two platforms? Or conversely, who actually makes their own streamers? I going out on a limb and am guessing that Sonore may be one who "makes their own" but was hoping some one else had the actual answers.