Upgrade ....streamer or amp?

@troutbum 

"...my IRA in a shambles..." You still have money 

A couple thoughts/questions-

What's your time frame?

And are your upgrades lateral moves?

David

Are you using a separate DAC with the Bluesound?  If not, and guessing at your $ budget, I would upgrade the streamer to one of the newer Bluesounds or maybe one of the Cambridge Audio's.

If you have a separate DAC look at Wiim.  I'm using the Ultra because I wanted to be able to stream music off of a HD and use a separate DAC (MHDT)

Wharfy...I sure hope not!

f it was my money, I'd recommend you upgrade to an outboard DAC, I do not see the sound improving much doing another streamer. A quality DAC is going to have the largest increase in sound considering your options. A streamer’s internal DAC is generally not that great overall. And the streamer itself is a minor improvement if at all within a reasonable budget.  

The Blue OS is actually quite good as far as streamer OS’s go. Better than the Aurender conductor app by far from my experience.  I’ve had a few streamers now and after my time with an overpriced Aurender I ended up back to the Blue-sound streamer (Vault2i), I have an excellent DAC so it’s not that noticeable. And if I'm honest the OS/App for the streamer to me is the number one thing to consider when buying a streamer.   

Try an outboard quality DAC and see how things sound. I’m betting that’s your sweet spot in your choices.