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Streamers and software

It's been a battle.  I have had a Bluesound Node 2i for 5 yrs.  I upgraded the power supply.  There is nothing wrong with function or sound.  I switched to Qobuz a few months ago.  I transferred my songs from amazon to Qobuz.  Qobuz works great when using the Bluetooth function.  When I want to play Qobuz thru BluOS, I am missing several thousand songs, called Favorites.  Loading and searching times are not usable.

Finally after 2 months BLUOS says they have no solution.  QOBUZ is working on a direct connect app to the streamer, but no release date.  

So, reluctantly, I started looking at a streamer.  I find several other streamers but have buggy software.

So, from what I see the Innuous pulsar mini has good software I would like to spend as little as I  can but it looks like $1-$2k?  It would be nice to have a linear power supply. Thanks for any suggestions are welcome.

Here is some I looked at.

Holo Audio Red, Ever solo, Innuous, Volumio

 

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Showing 1 response by charles7

charles7
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russbutton is right. You don't need to buy a dedicated computer which to the user is neither Windows nor iOS nor Linux.

You can, for example,
• store .flac and such files on the hard drive of a Windows PC
• select files to be played with an Android app, like the near-free BubbleUPnP on Android
• thus telling  free program like Minimserver to send the files out to your home network
• receive the files off the home network with a Wiim or Denon LinkHS2 or similar device costing in the low US$hundred
• feed them to your DAC or preamp or integrated amp
and as well you can
• store links to Internet radio stations in a simple .m3u8 text file and choose with BubbleUPnP which to play
and as well you can
• stream from most of the streaming services, selecting with the Android app

 

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