I was about to recommend Lumin as I’ve been happy with my U1 Mini for years.
Enjoy!
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?
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Some really solid advice here. I will share some additional pointers that might be helpful. - First thing is to isolate your audio streamer rig from all the noise on your local data network. Many ways to do this. Essential to clean up as much as possible. - Minimize as much as possible any CPU processing at the Streamer/Endpoint stage. That means using Roon or another remote application to do all the heavy processing. - Don’t use Tidal connect or similars at the Streamer/Endpoint stage or it will increase ground noise variability which automatically creates jitter. Best to do that all in a remote computer/server. I just finished writing an article on a $50 USD Nanopi Streamer that was used in the T+A SDV 3100 HV DAC. This DAC costs aprox. $38,000 USD. Here is the article on the streamer. There are other articles to islolate your data network from the audio streaming system also for very little investment. To make them truly world class solutions, you will need to spend some good money on the power supplies. I use supercapacitor power supplies and have not heard a better streamer at any price.
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It's all about isolation and power supply like any other component I guess and some streamers do it better than others. Innuos streamers aren't cheap but they are excellent. There's a clear audible difference amongst the Innuos line-up. I went from a NAD all in one streamer/DAC to a Cambridge, and then to a NODE, then a Lumin, then an Innuos Pulse and now an Innuos Pulsar. Both the Pulse and Pulsar are fantastic but the Pulsar takes music to another level. But I have my eyes on an Innuos Statement NG. When you have reference components you want a reference streamer. Many people will tell you that all streamers are alike but that can't be further from the truth. |
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I see the OP bought something and I hope he enjoys it. I was posting here to push back against Eversolo recommendations. There have been many people on these forums complaining that their Customer Support is non existent. Because streamers are basically networking computers, they are not as plug and play as , say, a CD player. Occasionally there will be WIFI and compatibility issues, and those of us who are not IT savvy might need some help |
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