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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Of course, Roon and dedicated streamer/DACs also let you stream the highest resolution of audio possible.

But that is not true. On my Antipodes bit-perfect Squeeze sounds more transparent and resolves better than bit-perfect Roon. I don't pretend to explain why, but it does.