Thinking of taking the plunge.


Thinking of going into streaming. Any advice on equipment between 1 and 2000.00.

argee

The world has gone Blue so should you.

They resell fast if you decide you need more.

 

+1 on the Bluesound stuff, easy setup, easy to use and you get it all in one box. Not the absolute best of course, but plenty good, gives you everything streaming,  and it's exactly what you need to get started and understand Streaming. By the time you really get use to it, you'll know if you want to spend more or maybe not. The Bluesound stuff lasted me over 3 years before I felt the need to spend more money. Well, maybe it was wanted, rather then needed even.... 

Hope this is helpful. Let us know what you end up doing and how it went.

Bluesound is the way to go for all the reasons stated. I use the 2i feeding into a NAD c368 which I use as a preamp feeding PSAudio power amp.  I feel the NAD is essential. Anyway a great place to start. And he prefer Tidal MQA but Qobuz is okay. It is a sound preference thing as those two services do sound different. The z Bluesound app is great.  Not a huge fan of Roon. See how fun your streaming journey will be. 

@reubent  .. +2

Spot on. Great place to start. Unless you know your gonna love streaming (you are by the way) then cheap and quick intro and your hooked. Then, spend some months reading (while listening to ANYTHING &EVERYTHING) and a little educating, and then you will spend your $2000 with confedence. The Node 2i is a great option. So to the  Audiolab 6000N. Both sell like hot cakes, which means you see a lot of used (testing the waters streamers) for sale on Audio sites like this and others.

I agree Bluesound Node is the best bang for the buck. Simple, overall great app, Roon endpoint. The newest Node’s onboard DAC is better than the 2i’s was. You will get a bit better performance from Node running coax out to a DAC, but overall for the $ and ease of use, the Node is hard to beat.