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Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
Thanks guys. I’m getting tired of the hunt and the research My brains need a rest. This thread has been a real eye opener which has helped me to understand more. Great bunch here. Thanks 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
@electroslacker  @djones51Here's what I am trying to decide. I have a hifi shop here in town who services  my equipment when needed. They are good & honest and been around for a long time. I've known them for a long time as well. They have bee... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
@big_greg Thanks   I figured I can rip the cd's I need to on my computer. Theres quite a few but I have 1TB of music already ripped. Now for another questionI've read somewhere that all streamers are not equal in their ability to hand over the 1's... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
Gentlemen, many thanks again for the help/. One clarification I have.I will NOT be using the services of a streaming service, IE Qobuz, etc. I have been collecting FLAC & Apple Lossless for 10 or more years. I probably have at least 1TB in f... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
@larry5729Thanks. If I go with the vault I'll have to hard wire it since it doesn't do wireless. My router is about 50 feet from the stereo. So, I'm go into have to run a wire under the house OR get a Wifi range extender. been doing some reading o... 
Please suggest a few really good classical recordings
About 15 yrs ago, while picking vinyl in a thrift store, I encountered a man who said he had a lot of classical records to sell. I was just getting back into vinyl and so I looked. Long story short, I ended up buying about 800 albums, all classica... 
Tried a new product to highly polished speaker surface
Firstly, Never clean them with a dry cloth. Use detail spray w/ microfiber towel. when cleaning. Most good car polish , IE Adams, etc have a product which will take out swirl marks. The more swirls, the more work. Some polishes will help fill in a... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
@bruce19Have you a//b the Yamaha against the 2i? I’m just curious. The audio shop here in town sells & uses one to demo their speakers (Watkins Gen 4). The music sounds great. He’s been trying to sell me one.Then too, I've read that all stream... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
Wow guys. Thanks very much. This has been a good learning process. I think I will go with a streamer for now. Most have suggested Bluesound Node or Vault 2 or 2i.  I have messaged one seller but have not heard back yet. I'll do another. I'm also w... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
OK, Maybe I don't know as much as I thought which.......Do I need to run a network wire from my router to the Streamer? OR Can it run on wireless? I have good enough signal to stream video. I also have 1-3 GB usb hard drive which I can put near st... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
@lalitk If you want to hook up your CDP into a DAC then you would need to pick up a DAC with at least two COAX Inputs Why so? Can’t I use the coax for CDP and USB ior another input for streamer?Thanks For the price of Node 2i, look at this listing... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
@djones51Good idea. But I most always jump in the deep end right off. Then I complain a while til I figure it out.  LOL 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
@uberwaltzI wasn't sure if simplicity might come with Streamer Dac combo? I appreciate simplicity. but I understand the lack of flexibility. IO guess the only real thing to learn is the streaming interface. And I'd have to learn it no matter which... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
@crn3371  @lalitk Can I use the Bluesound Node 2i as a streamer only with another DAC?What are other lower cost streamers ie Node 2i? Seems that I have looked mostly at the DAC portion of the equation. 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
Thanks for all the input. Its very helpful. So, it looks like I should go with separates which makes sense. I think maybe I don’t understand some of the terminology used by the mfgs. Though somewhat new to streaming high quality music, I do have 3...