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Please help me find the right digital player

Hi all,

I am looking for a digital player that has HDMI out so that song selection and album art is available via remote control on my flat screen. My lowly NeoTV (similar to an Apple TV) does just that, (and supports 24/192 gaplessly, to boot!). It doesn’t matter if the solution has an integrated HDD, or just accepts my USB HDD. But I am looking for something better.

The Bryston, Auraliti and Sonore have the SQ that I would want for my Maggies, but they don’t have HDMI out, and require a small iPad/iPhone for remote control. The SB Touch’s screen is just too small for these old eyes, (besides, it works best when networked, rather than with a standalone USB, as I have). The Olive doesn't quite work either.

Also, I don’t need a ripping solution. I just need 24-192 playback.

The NeoTV sounds surprisingly good via optical to my DAC. And I know that it would benefit from something like the Synchromesh, but I am looking to upgrade it altogether.

Does such an animal exist? I haven’t found one…

Any ideas?

Thanks!
mkh1099

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williewonka
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I have an imac streaming to my Bifrost DAC, which supports asynch USB.

I use iTunes for library management, since it allows mw to view the content by artist, album, composer and genre and allows me to create playlists of favourites.

I use Audirvana to bypass the crappy Apple routines that colour the sound - and I control the whole thing from my armchair on my tablet using a program called Retune - which has all the functions of iTunes

I currently stream everything up to and including 24/192

You don't need a monitor, so you could do it with the small Apple Mini - which does 24/192

Hope this helps :-)
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