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Need to get off of bluetooth.... looking for a wifi streamer for my budget

My current system is a McIntosh C12000 preamp and a 861 Moon amp. 

I have a Eversolo Z8. I want to get off of blue tooth (streaming from my phone) and get onto wifi. So I need a streamer. 

I know this sounds crazy... but I stretched my budget and it will take about a year for me to recover. So, what would like to do is buy a streamer (used hopefully) to tie me over temp. 

Can anyone recommend a wifi streamer brand/model for my setup that I might find used for *around* $500? I would consider a streamer/dac combo if the dac was better than the one in the Eversolo Z8 because that one is pretty good spec wise (it has the ESS Pro)

 

dman777
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audphile1
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@dman777 apple music and pandora are not the best quality sources. 
What’s the problem with switching to Tidal or Qobuz. Your sound is as good as your source material in that system. Well minus the eversolo bottleneck. 
 

For $500 you won’t get anything decent. But even the bluesound node with tidal or Qobuz should be better than what you have now. 

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gkelly
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Buy this 

https://www.amazon.com/WiiM-Streamer-Touchscreen-Compatible-Headphone/dp/B0D41YCLW8/ref=pd_aw_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_title?pd_rd_w=EWxZY&content-id=amzn1.sym.401c37bb-f668-4ab4-af75-b400d0dd3a0e%3Aamzn1.symc.cb15e6ef-dda0-4490-a93d-da66403ab544&pf_rd_p=401c37bb-f668-4ab4-af75-b400d0dd3a0e&pf_rd_r=22PN7PP2TNNCXTDJEHB9&pd_rd_wg=0vdLU&pd_rd_r=f5f68338-82e5-4430-9c37-fc7c85f22e5e&pd_rd_i=B0D41YCLW8

Then save for this

https://innuos.com/pulse-series/
choose your weapons wisely grasshopper. 

dman777 OP
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Wow, this is so painful. It looks like no one supports Apple music. All my playlists are on Apple. That’s what makes me stuck on Apple. Otherwise I’d go somewhere else.

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hbarrel
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Sometimes in life one must face the consequences of their actions. 
Time to punt sooner rather than later.
I’ve only had Qobuz so cannot speak to the merits of Tidal. 
With Qobuz there are so many already made playlists I’ve never created a true playlist of my own. The one I did create was due to need not want. 

Punt. 

jeffbij
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You can export an Apple playlist and then import it into Roon and/or BluOS.  Not sure how effective it is and you would still have to get a subscription to Tidal or Qobuz as well as to Roon, if you want to go that route (which would maybe take you past your ~$500 budget).  Or just stay with Bluesound, and BluOS.

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