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Streamer Advice

Hi, I'm in the market for a new streamer and was considering Bluesound N132 then found out to make it better I need to upgrade the module inside and then add external power supply. So then I thought about PS Audio Airlens so wouldn't have to go through all the upgrades for Bluesound. Too bad Bluesound just can't make the Node good from the start. Is there any other streamers that would be really musical I should consider under $1500?  Thanks for your replies in advance!

Also I will be using my own DAC a Wyred4Sound Anniversary edition.

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mclinnguy
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The reason I want to upgrade is the Sonos does not support MQA.

It seems like you have read some articles from a few years ago. Ignore all that MQA garbage. That suggestion posted by soix above is a good one, and it is from a dealer- if you are truly looking for sound quality improvements it would be really hard to do better than that for the money, considering how much does 500 GB of music cost? It will be gone soon guaranteed.

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Can you notice the difference between any of those formats, streaming a wireless signal to a $20 dollar speaker(s) inside of a $200-$400 plastic box? Don’t get me wrong, I love Sonos, and have a Play 5 that the wife streams Roon to, but I think a 320kbps Spotify stream is beyond good enough for that application: I don’t think I would be able to tell whether the Antipodes or my iphone is streaming to the Sonos- and not going to try.

 

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