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USB or Bluetooth from Mac laptop to Wyred 4 Sound Dac? Advice

I have a Wyred 4 Sound DAC 2. I want to play music from my laptop through my Dac hooked to my home audio system. It will require a USB cable to be 35+ feet if around door casing (we have tile floors) or approximately 20 feet if I can run the cable under a oriental wool rug. I see there are a couple of flat USB cables on the market and wondered if I would be better off running a USB cable or using a Bluetooth receiver like the Audioengine B1 Bluetooth and just stream the music. Might be using Jriver and playing 24 bit music or maybe just iTunes in lossless. This is my last hurdle to complete my system. At least for now. Any advice? Thanks.
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dylanfan OP
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Hi Spencer. I have a huge library of cds. I make playlists on my laptop for different moods or if we have company. Dinner music, late night etc.

I use the laptop mainly for that.

Unfortunately the laptop is on my desk and my audio equipment is on a wall to the left. There is a door between the desk and the audio equipment rack. Now I do have a router in the same room. I could run an Ethernet cable from it. If it goes to the dac it would only have to run about 15 feet maximum.

Where would I run the Ethernet cable? From the router to the Wyred 4 Sound dac? New to this. Thanks for any advice or direction to look.

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I travel with my job and don't have time to rip a bunch more cds onto something different. I have tons of music already in lossless on my laptop. I just want an easy way to play my laptop over my stereo using the Wyred 4 Sound Dac. I want to be home and enjoy my music when friends are over or just for non critical listening. Simplicity is my goal whether using a usb cable or Bluetooth to dac. Want the best quality of those two options. Thanks for the advice and if I had time to do what you are saying I might do it but right now I just want to enjoy what I have.
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Looking at the PS Audio Lanrover. This looks like my solution. Thanks for the advice everyone.
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That audioengine b1 just dropped down to 149.00. Might be a great easy cheap solution so anybody that wants to come over can stream their music. I think I will pick that up.
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