You have lots of choices in streamers less so in streamers with attached storage. Auralic is a great rec by mgrif I use an older Aries Mini it sounds great spinning my files from a Synology NAS or streaming Qobuz/Tidal. Not sure if separating streamer and storage would be an improvement in sound, a degradation, or neutral. My gut tells me letting the streamer just stream and the NAS store is the best route but of course I could be wrong.
Upping my digital game
I joined the hi-Rez brigade in 2015/2016 when I added a Bricasti M1 DAC and a MacBook Pro. I’ve purchased hi-Rez music mostly from HDTracks and use JRiver on my MacBook Pro. Right now I think my hi-Rez playback is generally excellent, with the limiting factor, if any, the recordings I’ve purchased (a lot of 50/60’s hard bop).
If I wanted to up my digital game and go to a dedicated storage and playback device, which I know Aurender offers- what are my options (aside from aurender)?
Real world experience in going from a MacBook Pro to a ? As a his Rez storage and playback device would be incredibly helpful.
If I wanted to up my digital game and go to a dedicated storage and playback device, which I know Aurender offers- what are my options (aside from aurender)?
Real world experience in going from a MacBook Pro to a ? As a his Rez storage and playback device would be incredibly helpful.