Streamer question


Currently looking for streamer undecided.
Looking at Lucas Audio Lab Mini
Or Musica Pristina Cappella
Both are custom made by all boutique builders.
Both in the 3k to 4k USD
 mark.
Anyone have any experience with either of them
Thanks


ecpninja

Showing 3 responses by mahler123

No experience here with either.  Do they include DACs, or are you pretty set in that department?
  I love my Melco N 100, which is a great streamer and NAS with a 2 TB HD.  No DAC included and you need to supply a CD ripper if you are going to convert a CD collection.  Price ranges around $2K.
  My worry with new boutique companies is support.  Streamers are a different animal than other components.  They are basically networking computers in audio casework.  If you have ever had a problem getting a recalcitrant printer and PC to talk to each other, or have your IT server crash at work, you can imagine what might happen.  They might be great companies with fantastic support, but even so they might not be in business 3 years from now.
  My Melco has simply worked from the get go, no support required. They are the audiophile branch of a long standing computer peripheral company if that means anything.  No, I have no affiliation, just a satisfied consumer
I had the Bryston BDP3.  Sounds great but buggy, very difficult to operate.  Sold it to pay for my Melco
Cleeds   I used Rigelian with the Bryston BDP-3.  It definitely was an improvement over Manic Moose, but ultimately there were many days Bryston just wouldn’t play nice, and just tired of it all.  There were may times, usually Sunday afternoon, when the whole Bryston site was down, and then Rigelian won’t work.  Why doesn’t Bryston just use an App?