Of course Dave carries the LUMIN, why would he recommend it if he didn’t. The Lumin is decent, but I thought the Auralic Aries was better. But, you don’t need a streamer. Most streamers require you to use USB which is flawed and you can spend many $$$$ trying to make usb sound better.
if you have a pc or preferable linux or a Mac computer, buy Roon to run on that. Then get a top quality dac like a used ps audio DS jr or DS sr that has a network interface. Roon is by far the best interface/server for local and streaming Tidal and others, and the ps audio dacs are rated A+ by the trade rags if you read them. BTW, tomorrow we get a free firmware upgrade for the DS dacs that improve SQ.
Keep it simple!
if you have a pc or preferable linux or a Mac computer, buy Roon to run on that. Then get a top quality dac like a used ps audio DS jr or DS sr that has a network interface. Roon is by far the best interface/server for local and streaming Tidal and others, and the ps audio dacs are rated A+ by the trade rags if you read them. BTW, tomorrow we get a free firmware upgrade for the DS dacs that improve SQ.
Keep it simple!