Music from laptop to living room


 I have a 6 TB external drive with tons of music I’ve downloaded from various sources connected to my Apple laptop in my at home office. I want to be able to play the music through my living room system which is anchored by an Outlaw RR2160 receiver. Ideally, I don’t want the external drive and laptop in the same room (my living room) as the receiver and speakers. How do I navigate this? Up until now I’ve been playing digital files through a Sony HAP Z1ES streamer. However, it takes ages to load music into the streamer, and I’ve already filled the internal drive. Any suggestions on how to configure this?  What additional gear I would need? Thanks!

chichikov

You can pickup a used Aurender music streamer/server many of these units have been around now for 10 years and they work using a Ethernet connection and a USB audio (they need a outboard DAC), these units come with (based on the Model) 2TB- 12TB of internal storage. The Aurenders are some of the finest sounding digital devices on the planet. A used N100C (4 TB’s of storage) goes from $1500-$2000 used.Using the Aurender is the best way to store/archive/retrieve all your digital music in one awesome place using a APP called the Conductor it runs on a ipad or smartphone and makes listening/ finding/manipulating any of those files a real joy (did I mention the Sound? Its amazing) .  I wouldnt listen to digital music without one. 

 

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbhcb8-aurender-n100-2-year-warranty-music-servers-docks

 

Matt M

@mattmiller 

+1 

An Aurender will also automatically find you music on your NAS and can download it. You do not need a ethernet cable from your router. You can just place a small extender near the Aurender and plug into that.