Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college


Cambridge Audio Evo 75 is probably the top of the range, but maybe a BlueSound Powernode is good enough? Maybe there is something cheaper that fits the bill?

My son is not (yet) an audiophile, so sufficient volume may be the most important, but interested in any thoughts folks have on this topic.

saulh

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The Yamaha R-N800A would be a better buy/all in one solution (1200 bucks) for a kid going to college at half the price of that Cambridge.

The Yamaha is a Class AB grunt that can drive any speaker he’s gonna haul without breakin a sweat.... clean DAC, full featured streamer with its MusicCast Eco system and room correction (if he’s gonna have a crappy room), etc

He may very much become a audiophile convert after he’s lived with it.

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_022RN8HASL/Yamaha-R-N800A-Silver.html?tp=47041