Streamers with best apps?


I tried this question on an Australian forum with no luck, so I'm hoping a more audio savvy community might do better. I currently have a Cambridge Audio CXN which as I discovered has 2 hopeless apps when you want to find classical albums saved on Tidal My Collection. So thinking of ditching the CXN and getting another streamer/server , preferably without a DAC as I will be running it through a Pure Audio Lotus DAC 5. Most reviews of streamers seem to focus entirely on sound quality but as I have discovered the apps used are of almost equal importance. I have considered an Elac Discovery DS-S101-G which is controlled by a Roon Essentials app. So first question. Does anyone know how the Essentials app lists classical albums in Tidal My Collection and does it have a search function for the albums saved? Second question what streamers can you recommend that at least are equal and preferably better than the Tidal app which does have a search function but very little logic as to how it lists classical albums. I have thought about the Bryston BDP Pi, Innous Zen mini or an Auralic streamer but know nothing about the usability of their respective apps. So anyone out there who can help.
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Showing 2 responses by spiritofradio

This may have been mentioned already and is not really a direct answer to your question; but, it may address your stated frustrations:


https://youtu.be/u6Xz-P_N_4U

I think the question you ask is very Timely, interesting, and important.  Right now, software development is lagging behind in a protean world of incredible music services leaving our gleaming electronic jewels underutilized.   
Please!  I just want a perfect noiseless streamer that will send all the music that out there to my favorite dac using software that just works.  
I don’t want to have to go through a complex workaround just to play a music file.  
I don’t want to buy your dac.
I sure don’t want to put red book cds on your machine when a 24/192 (or more over killed) version of just about any cd ever released is out there almost free. 

Maybe auralic is closest to getting it right.  But they can’t stream the world of music that’s on Amazon.  
I’m here waiting.  Playing lots of records.  Waiting. 
@usery you may know about this service already but for a classical listener this is the best:

https://app.idagio.com/discover

check it out. You may be surprised by the absence of confusion.