when did it all get so complicated?
it was about 8 or 10 years ago that i spent considerable brain power upgrading my system.....now i am doing it again in a smaller space - bought a croft integrated phono and lots of hand wringing there getting the damn TT to work.......then I was delighted to find that tidal now has a huge library of cd quality music (and beyond quality wise but i dont need more)
All I want to do is find a player (streamer?) that would allow me to sit at my desk and stream good new tunes through the croft and the pmc monitors.....i was hoping there would be a simple little box that did this....Wow 4 internet days later and i know nothing other than what the flying F is rpi doing in simple streaming threads.....i sort of think the allo boss2 is the answer but i have to say bibi to the nice tidal website interface. moode.......what the hell is moode.
i want to noodle around tidal or qobuz website and hit play and thats it.....no NAS no multi room... if i like it i buy an album....jeez the industry looks like its actively trying to get in the way of listening to music to sell unnecessary software and hardware. bummer.
I guess ill just enjoy tidal on my bowers and wilkins mm1's (not bad) unless - you dear reader, you .......unless you can help - 1 device - just one, plugged into the back of a croft integrated controlled by my desktop (ok or an old ipad)
in the end the laptop plugged into a dac route seems by far the best ive seen so far - sad.
To run Tidal on a Volumio RPI you need to subscribe to the Volumio Service. Spotify you can use the free version. Tidal does sound slightly better but Spotify has more selection at a lower cost. The other option is to purchase a dedicated pc to control your dac and then use Remote PC to control it. That was the best solution for me. |
It may not be complicated to stream Qubuz, etc. They have all the software bugs worked out. However, trying to get music to play over the network to my streamer/player is among the biggest PITA I have ever encountered. I have been through most every change of media and none of them were anywhere near as complicated as trying to get my files over the network to the player and then manipulate their playback with software which is lacking simplicity |
@artemus_5 - Are you referring to streaming your NAS based files on an PRI based system with Volumio, or a BlueSound Node? Or some other hardware and OS? |
How much do you want to spend? The Bluesound Node 2i is the cheapest easiest way to be streaming like a pro in no time, BUT the DAC is pretty average. The list price is $600 but I'm sure you could get a discount, or they show up here used pretty regularly. There are a ton of threads about this component here. Just search for streamer DAC and find a thread that you like. Don't get bogged down in details. This really doesn't have to be complicated. Just find some recommendations in your price range and get the one you think will work best for you. |
