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What's the Best Bluetooth Streaming Receiver w Dac under $500?

In my primary system I have an Aurender n100h and Schitt Gungnir Mulitbit Dac, Primaluna amps to Martin Logan Ethos speakers - which all sounds terrific.

I'm looking to cut the budget for the streamer, dac, amp from $8,000 or so to under $500 for my ski house.

Suggestions on the best Bluetooth Receiver (50-80 watts) for Streaming with a decent dac built in for under $500?

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skoczylas
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The bluesound node 2 has excellent sound and includes Bluetooth streaming. I found you need to spend a lot more to beat the sound of this streamer and dac. I removed my other dacs from the system because it sounded great on its own. It’s 500 dollars. 
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skoczylas
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Rereading your email I guess you are looking for a streamer with an amp - the node isn’t an amp so you would need an amp or to run it with powered speakers or the bluesound speakers.  
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Right. This is for our ski house and the idea is to provide a one switch on setup anyone can listen to, just need to bluetooth into a receiver and play - though I'd like it to use it with Tidal too. 

Idea is to just have one piece of electronics hooked to some current passive speakers... so people can bluetooth from their phones, iPads, laptops or whatever without having to download an app or anything else. Are a bunch of receivers out there by Denon, Onkyo, Yamaha that might do the trick ... or others too

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