Best Direction/Product Combo DAC/Streamer
Hello, I am wondering if anyone would recommend a combination DAC/Streamer that will also be able to accommodate or allow me to connect my CD Transport? I often stream music when I am playing background music and as of now have a Schiit Audio Modi as my Dac and an original Bluesound Node as my streamer. I also run a Cambridge Audio CD transport connected to the Modi. I would like to puchase a combination product to minimize the number of boxes. Does anyone have a recommendation? Thank you in advance.
If you are looking for true streamer DAC - Naim, Lumin, Aurender, Auralic and HiFi rose are likely all good options. They all make software that works really well. Their are tons of units that have "streaming capability" but they rely on MConnect or MControl and many don't love this software but it is free or close to free. Full disclosure, I am a Naim dealer and not a dealer for any of the other units. |
+1 again for the Auralic Altair G1 or 1.1 now. Great performance for its price I think. I have one in a second system, run it on wifi, and it immediately brought out much better sound over my cd player or lesser streaming sources. IMHO much better than node or other $1000 solutions. And one box. I run an Auralic G2.1 in my main system with a custom power supply. but the Altair gives close to that performance at a reasonable price. Talk to GTT audio. Ken |
and oh yes thank you @verdantaudio I run Roon at my home, but the Altair is at my vacation home and I do not have Roon. The Auralic software is very nice and works perfectly, though I miss my Roon playlists. |
You did not indicate a budget or indicate input output requirements. I use a Wyred4Sound 10th anniversary DAC and an Aurender 100H server with a Linn Unidisc 1.1. I believe the Cambridge CXC CD transport only has an SPDIF and Optical out, no USB out. The transport can go into the SPDIF of the Wyred4Sound for playback or the Aurender for burning or buffering before playback with the Aurender. The Aurender USB out can go to the Wyred4Sound USB in. Price of combo used is about $4k and new about $8k with the new Aurender 150 which reviews indicate better my 100H. I find the combo organic and articulate like vinyl without the background noise with dense and three dimensional images, wide stage, excellent timbre and detail, and smooth.
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