late to streaming, recommendations?
Vinyl and tubes guy here but I recently got my act together and figured out how to do loseless spotify into my system using a dedicated computer, usb to Cambridge Audio DacMagic100 and then rca into my tube preamp. sampling rate is 192 (whatever that means). was a definite improvement over what I was doing before and streaming finally sounds pretty good to me. Now I'm starting to use it a lot and wondering, well, how could it be better? What would be the logical and most worth it bang-for-the-buck upgrade path for me?
Very nice looking system. Is that a modem / router on top of the rack on the right? If so, they are really noisy and can impart a lot of noise into your system. It is best to keep them at least 3 to 6' away from systems. There are lots of good streamers out there... many probably better with less software bugs, higher build quality, and a bit better sound quality. Although I am sure there are many folks that own them and are happy. You might look at Lumin, Innuos, used Aurrender for instance. |
ghdprentice +++1 Definitely will see an improvement with Qobuz vs Spotify. The other site has a used (dealer owned) Aurender N100 which is well in your budget at $1195. I think that would be a reasonable start. It has been replaced by the N150, so likely why good prices are available. The danger would be once you hear how great streaming sounds through a quality system, you may get the upgrade itch. That's how I ended up with the N20 lol |
@ghdprentice that looks like a Sony PlayStation 5. |
