getting into streaming

@nmolnar

I was looking at the new Brooklyn Bridge II....If money were no object, would you get the Empire over the Brooklyn Bridge II? Does the extra $ translate to better function and sound....Thx....

To the OP, I would rethink your use case. While it might seem "cool" to have a streamer with a screen interface, do you really want to have to stand there at your rack of gear choosing what to play when you could be sitting in a nice comfortable chair using a tablet or cell phone? The only such device I’ve ever seen that was a streamer with a touchscreen for navigation was a homemade device that used a Raspberry Pi and a certain particular screen. It wasn’t very elegant looking when assembled. Admittedly, I do wish more streamers had a display for "now playing" album cover art. A few do.

Curious, does your Accuphase CD player have an input to be able to use the internal DAC?  If so, what input type is it? You'd have to make sure any streamer of course has that as an output. 

vinyl we are a mytek dealer the manhatten and empire are reference products from mytek the brooklyn is a starter line

ooddiofyl  our 432evo servers far outperform Innous and are upgradable our7800 Aeon matched the 25k innous statement with uprgaded power supply.

ghdprentice we did a shootout Aeon vs 12k aurender n20 the Aeon was far better.

we have a wimi pro in for testing this thing barely works streams tidal and quobuzz okay through app tidala and quobuz conect dont work at all spotify doeesnt work tidal does seen to sound decent

the dts play fi stuff is garbage denon  heos is also poor

our take away bluesound node still best under 1k

over 1k lumin innous aurender

really goood streaming is generally 3k and above

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect nj

Streaming specialists

@audiotroy 

Thank you...I guess the better question is, is the Empire worth the added $ over the Manhattan in function and sound.

Although Mytek website doesn't show any Manhattan products.

And you can get a free amp with an Empire purchase(although I don't know how good the amp is!). 

I don’t believe I saw your price range. Really good streaming can be had for under $2,000 with a Bluesound Node 130. linear power supply, a DDC, and some nice cables. That is what I currently use and really do love.

I know there is better sound quality to be had, why I’m saving for an Aurender N200, but will also look at other products…..but that’s $6,300. You can easily double or triple that for even better sound. I doubt my system is resolving enough to warrant anything more than the Aurnder