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Need streaming advice

I currently stream Tidal HiFi to a Chromecast Audio which is connected optically to my Schiit Yggy. I thought it sounded great, and love sitting on the couch and playing anything I want using my phone.

Last night I hooked a notebook up to the Yggy via USB and played my music from the Tidal windows app. It sounds better. 

How do I achieve the same quality (or better) of streaming while not having to get my ass off the couch to change songs? Is there something like a CCA that has much better jitter?
sboje
sboje OP
38 posts
 
Erik_squires, 

The Remedy does look like it is the right solution. The price is hefty though.

Why, over a decade after the invention of the buffering iPod, are DACs not buffering and then reclocking internally? I get it when Mark Levinson could screw people by selling a $15,000 CD transport, but companies like Schiit have no expensive mechanical streaming devices to protect. What am I missing here?
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mofimadness
4,935 posts
 
A Sonos Connect would work along with most of the older Squeezebox devices.

Audioquest just released their "Beetle".  This device might work for your situation.
erik_squires
15,669 posts
 
Hi Sboje,

As I wrote in my ebay posting, it really depends on the DAC. Over the past few years, DAC jitter reduction has gotten MUCH better as has redbook.

I find the Remedy much more useful for older DAC's or those that have a big difference between redbook and hires.
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