@ronboco there’s software on the market that transfers playlists.
One such example is Soundiiz in a very unlikely event you would need to use it. I would not purchase the tracks though at least until there are some indication that the service is going out of business
As to streamers….I’ll tackle this knowing the possibilities with your 866 inbuilt DAC.
The Boulder amp does not accept USB audio so you have to work with a streamer that features AES/EBU and or toslink. The latter is typically an inferior interface while the former requires a streamer with very good internal clock. Your other option is Ethernet input that allows the 866 to be used as a Roon endpoint.
Given the Boulder internal DAC is an option that adds $1500 (may be more now not sure), getting a streamer for $5,000 throws your system out of balance.
I think I suggested this to you in the past…try Roon free for couple of weeks. It requires a roon core that you would install on any computer that’s sitting on the same network as your 866 and you can control your music with iPad or android tablet. If you like the sound, you can keep Roon, pick up Roon Nucleus One (that’s their dedicated core) and mount a 2.5” SATA drive inside the Nucleus. You can purchase your playlist if you want or you can save your Qobuz playlist as your Roon playlist which saves the track metadata meaning you can just restore these tracks from Tidal for example. Some food for thought.
If you insist on getting a new streamer you can look into Lumin, Auralic and Innuous. These offer usb in for external storage.
Aurender in a $5000 price range has nothing with AES out. There are other options as well on new and used markets.
