@erik_squires Before Roon I used Plex and Squeeze prior to that. A big reason for all was hardware independence. Google cast and Airplay also provides that and many streamers support those, though from a high end audio perspective those can have limitations regarding resolution still these days I believe. Not interested in any proprietary high end hardware vendor solution. That’s just my opinion. Just $800 for a lifetime Roon subscription which is chump change by high end anudio standards and pay Qobuz monthly as an option. The cost of hardware you run on can run the gamut which is perfect. YMMV.
Streamer software, what do you use?
I've noticed that pretty powerful PC hardware has been available for the last couple of years for cheap. Say ~ $300 for a little desktop cube with 8 cores, 8 GBytes of RAM and plenty of storage. You can run Windows or Linux (yeay!) and therefore I imagine just about any choice of software.
For Roon users this is a real boon as we can combine the core and streamer into a single device for far less than dedicated audiophile branded streamers. I'm curious though what other software A'goners use? The main requirement, IMHO is that it support remote control via tablets. What do you use?
Do you use an outboard linear power supply or other tweak to improve the performance?
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