before my house burned, when working in the garage, which i did a lot, I used my phone via bluetooth to drive a dayton audio class d dac/amplifier which in turn drove a pair of old 2-way bookshelf speakers and and dayton audio sub. Full range sound in my garage was a treat. Wouldn’t be called hi-fi by most people on this forum, but it was better than many home systems I have been exposed to. Pandora was the streaming service of choice, I much prefer their algorithm for playing music that is similar to what your primary artist choice might be than any other implementation I have heard by other services. I hope one day to have as good again
Why is an iPhone such a good streamer?
For streaming Qobuz I have been using my iPhone 12 via lightning cable and found it to be excellent. It’s easy to carry around and use it in my garages or listening room. I previously used a Pro-ject Stream box Ultra S2 but that now sounds closed in compared to the iPhone. The Pro-ject was good when Roon wasn’t working I could switch to that for a local library and Qobuz
Associated Equipment: listening Room: T&A Dac 200 via USB cable Spectron amp vcap upgrade remote sense cables Legacy Studio Monitors
Garage 1 Teac USB player and CD combo Krell 400xI integrated Revel Ultra floor standers
Garage 2 Bose Wave with Aux input USB cable - will be replaced with a receiver Sansui 4000 B&W 605 bookshelf
can’t seem to get Roon ARC going yet since I moved and my listening room has no Ethernet connection and is a floor away. I have a Nucleus to get going again
Other experiences or better streamers?