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Wanting to upgrade my streaming sound quality.

I would really like to get my streaming sq up to my analog sq. My equipment is a McIntosh MC 452, C47, TD 124 with an AT 150 SA on a SME M2-9 tone arm, a Rega P8 with an Alpheta 3, a restored MR 74 tuner, driving Aerial 7t speakers. My streaming now is an iPad with a usb cable into my preamp with Tidal. I would be willing to spend around $2500 . A one box solution would be preferable for a steamer/dac combo although two boxes could also work. I’m not interested in multiple clocks and separate power supplies etc. Also I don’t use CD’s for a source.  I do have AT&T fiber internet with up to 1000 mb speed and my modem is only around 5 feet from my audio rack. Balanced inputs is preferable but not a deal breaker. I’ve looked at the HiFi Rose 250 and the 150 although the latter is more money than I want to spend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’m an Analog guy in a digital world.

Greg

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I think the OP made a good choice in a one box solution. His original dilemma was, not being a digital guy, he needed something simple, but to match the rest of the gear that either meant higher than $2500 budget or going up the learning curve of the less expensive but sonically equivalent way of doing things.

Digital is a different skill set. Kudos to the OP for recognizing that. So many of the "digital is crap" crowd simply don’t know what they don’t know. I love the analog feel too, but sometimes I want iced coffee, sometimes I want hot coffee. Is either really wrong?

I'll also throw in that the Mytek line of products probably would have been a good choice for the OP. The Brooklyn Bridge II has the same DACs as my Liberty II and sounds beautiful, plus that version streams. 

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