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
FWIW been down a similar road on streamers. I have a PS DSJ > Rogers Integrated > Wilson Sabrinas Used to used Bluesound Node as streamer. Sound quality good not great. Constant software headaches. Tried a pie mini computer. Sound quality was a bit better but the software needed to run it is not the best. Recently purchased a Roon nucleus (the standard not the plus) for ~1600. I find the sound quality to be superior to the Node and the pie and at or above my CD player (Rega apollo) |
@wc1 Do you connect the Nucleus directly to the DAC and then to the integrated? |
@wc1, I really love the user interface of Roon. So going from a MacBook Pro to a Nucleus to run Tidal and Qobuz was a no brainer. I feel that I’ve really helped the sound quality by adding a 19v Sbooster linear power supply to the Nucleus, and using a Network Acoustics ENO Streaming System Ag between my network switch and the Nucleus.
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