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Thoughts and suggestions please

I only stream and have spent 3 years building my playlist. I have recently been thinking about purchasing my playlist on Qobuz in the event something happens (they go out of business or some major crash) that would lose what I have spent so much time building. Is this a concern for others as well? If I do decide to purchase my list I would need a new streamer with storage capacity. I am looking for suggestions for streamers. I have an N130 node now with Teddy Pardo LPS. I like the BluOS app and am considering a new Node with storage but with all the positive feedback with Innuous and Aurrender I will strongly consider those too. Do their apps compare favorably with the BluOS app? I’d like to stay in the 3-5k cost range.  Thank you for your thoughts. 
 

Ron 
 

 

 

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ronboco OP
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@lanx0003 

I will definitely be taking a serious look at the ICON and will report back if I go that route. Thank you for your thoughts. 

lanx0003
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You might just be another perfect candidate—dare I say, guinea pig—for the Node ICON ($1.2k, might be w/ a good LPS like you said), which The Absolute Sound praised for sounding only “subtly” different from a $35k rig that included a $28k DAC and a $6.7k Aurender N200 streamer.  Note that N200 is highly raved by the Agers here.

And if it is good and you decide to keep it, report back pls and also teach Agers a good lessen here that a hi-fi gear does not need to be expensive.

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