Slappy here. Been a long time, have some audio source questions.
Thanks for the tips everyone. Deezer looks like i have to have a SONOS speaker? Tidal looks great, but I dont have a good interface method from my PC to my stereo. At least, not one that I have discovered. My PC sits in my office, so I am not sure how that control would work. Also, i listen to a pretty wide range of stuff, not sure how much they would cover of my tastes. I have no idea what quality i get from Pandora on Spotify/Pandora when using the apps off either FireTV, the Denon or the Samsung smart tv. I wish there was a way to check and monitor this If there is, i have not discovered it. I really wish spotify would launch the Spotify Hifi. Looks like i have quite a bit of research to do. it seems there have been some good efforts on high quality streaming audio, but no super simple solution to bringing everything together. I would be happy to pay for some kind of a dedicated streaming device, like a virtual transport. |
Trelja! I figured I would see some familiar names! Glad to see you on here. I took quite a hiatus, ended up finding another hobby equally as expensive, if not more. I spend a lot of my time building motion control rigs for botanical timelapse photography. Its been an interesting decade. ;) Acman3, I HAVE been gone a while. I looked up the microrendu and cant for the life of me figure it out. It networks in i see, but uses usb audio input? Whats the signal path on something like that? Part A to microrendu to part B? im not sure how it connects with the audio system. |
"....motion control rigs for botanical timelapse photography...." *g* Now, That would be an 'esoteric hobby'... "Yeah, finally got those dam' 'Merican Beauties' to actually Do Something, other than rust or rot..." ...the plant shuffles over, places the beverage near Bios' hand.... ....who glares at the glass....then to the oddly formed bud.... "....pollen....Again....." The plant 'shrugs'....the way that it had begun to do....knowing that the Rootless actually liked the pollen...part of the Potplot...put Them into little dirtbowls.... .....start the Grafts..... Welcome back, Biolapse.*S* Spotify here...but I've noted that some selections 'hear' better than others....'GIGO'? Equipment? (...solar flares...aliens....) |
Biolapse, I kept hearing everyone saying Tidal was great. Also heard a lot about Roon. I had another person I bought a dac from recommend the Microredu, Sooo.., When I bought the Ultraredu,( go big right) and the uptone power supply, I just decided on Roon and Tidal. Both cost more money. After downloading Roon and Tidal to my laptop, the Roon program found the Roon ready Sonore device, and I was streaming. As you can probably tell, I am not an expert, and my only goal was to get it working. There are many ways to skin this cat, but that is simplest way for me. Still haven figured out the NAS storage, but have been blown away by what I am getting through Tidal. This coming from an analog guy. Fyi,From what I gather here, Tidal sounds best, but Spotify has more music. https://www.audiostream.com/content/sonore-simple-design-microrendu |
Your receiver has an optical input, so all you need to do is get a $35 Chromecast Audio plus a mini optical cable to connect the Chromecast to your receiver. See here for more information: http://archimago.blogspot.nl/2016/02/measurements-google-chromecast-audio_27.html A Sonos Connect would be a more expensive alternative. All this really is a no brainer, because utterly convenient, and the DAC (digital to analogue converter) in the receiver will be responsible for sound quality. You can always invest heavily in a better external DAC later if you really want to, but I doubt you will need to. The most important decision will be to choose the right streaming service for your favourite repertoire, for the interface, and for sound quality. Spotify is not quite full Red Book CD (but close at 320 kbps). Tidal and Qobuz here in Europe are full Redbook CD quality. |
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