Need suggestions on a streaming solution!


I already have a DAC that I really like, so I am looking for a simple streamer (sans DAC) that can be controlled from my Android tablet. All the streamers that I have looked at have DACs built in, and I don't see any reason to have the redundancy of another DAC. All my streaming is from Qobuz. this is simple enough to do with a Windows laptop but that's awkward because it has to be hard wired to the DAC input Via USB and I have to get out of the listening chair and go stand at the rack to browse music and change selections. I have been playing with a Hi Fi Rose RS 250 but again I'm paying for another DAC that I don't need. Does somebody make a box that will stream Qobuz from a LAN connection and be controlled with an Android tablet?  I can't be the only person in the market for a product like this.

Suggestions are greatly appreciated.,

Thank you all,

Keith

 

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Queue the Blue Sound recommendations. 

 

An alternative to the BS is the Bryston BDP-3.   Spartan interface to Qobuz but the SQ is right up there and build quality is top notch.  Used can be found for <$2K.   The interface is web based so you can control it with any device that can run a browser. 2 stellar implementations of Radio Paradise and Pureclassix radio. 

ifi zen stream

bluesound node (consider the built in dac a throw-away)

eversolo a6 (ditto above)