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Recommendations for high quality Streaming Audio:

Greetings everyone; looking for recommendations on how to stream high quality audio, let me explain.

I currently use my Apple 8S phone, with a high quality aux cord, into my preamp. This method has better sound quality than when I use a blue-tooth adapter and stream from my phone, but I enjoy being able to stay seated and having control of what I want to listen to.

Anything out there that gives the user remote control / access to what they want to listen to?

If not, I'll settle fort he next best thing, being plugged into my preamp, and having high quality audio without wireless control

Budget: $1,000 for equipment, $25 per month for streaming service.

I don’t know much about DAC’s , streamers, etc.. or alternative music streaming sites, but I do know that there are better options out there from what I’ve read on these forums.

Thanks in advance for the forthcoming enlightenment.

Rene

barkeyzee1
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ozzy62
3,130 posts
 
Another recommendation for the Node 2i, I love mine.

That said, if you really want to hear what any streamer can do, you should connect it via ethernet. I'm sure there is some creative way that you can route the cable so it's not so intrusive.  You will be glad you did.

Oz



wlutke
725 posts
 
barkey -
Why wait? Bright Audio sells the 2i at the old $499 price plus gives you 10% off that. $450 delivered to San Diego in about 10 days, shipped directly from the distributor. Six weeks now and loving it. One glitch. The iPad app tone control compresses the music and doesn’t affect the tone at all. Thankfully it is easily defeated with a click.
gmspine
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Echo rec for Bluesound, you have 3 options with them with the Vault having a hard drive into which you can rip CDs as well, the library you can back up on a portable hard drive, I use Tidal as a streaming app which has a more expensive option of streaming uncompressed files as well as a cheaper option with compressed music
ishkabibil
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Rene

Do you own a laptop?
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danvignau
935 posts
 
I have a serious question on this topic:  Does your internet provider matter, as far a the quality of sound.  I am not claiming it does not exist, but I am skeptical, because I have never heard streamed music sound as good as a good CD on my system, or significantly better than my  KT-917 or B&K TS 108 tuners.    
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