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Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?

I have a good analogue front end. Not stratuspherically good but good enough for this comparison. VPI Prime Signature 21 turntable, Pass Labs XP-25 pono preamp, Pass Labs XP-30 preamp and Hovland Radia amp. It has a lovely, very involving sound. On the right recording, I just drop everythng and am drawn in to listen.

My streamer, on the other hand, is decent but not spectacular. It is better than my CD player, but it is not jaw-dropping like my analogue front-end. My question is this: does anyone have a high-end, tier-one streamer (dCS Bartok Apex, Lumin X2, or something like them) that can rival a good analogue system?

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@charles007100 just to be clear - I don’t have any dropouts. Never did.
Just trying to assist @audio-b-dog 

With same issues @audio-b-dog has experienced with his previous streamers, Moon and the older Meitner, the problem is not with a new DAC. It’s the network. 

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@audphile1 

Would it be more accurate to say it's with the network settings, not the network itself. My network never has drop offs with anything else. And you have mentioned DNS settings. 

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@audio-b-dog added thar album to the list. 
As to network…it could be tp link, could be settings.  In either case it’s tp link that doesn’t allow dns settings changes. Funny thing is, music streaming doesn’t require much bandwidth, under 20mps. It is unlikely speed that is the culprit but rather to way your network is setup. 
 

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@audphile1 

So, the reason I need to buy Eero (sp?) is to be able to change the network settings? That may be the way I  have to go. I don't think Meitner has network gurus. Qobuz connect helps a little, but I still can't listen to Stravinsky's Rite of the Spring. Its tracks are a couple minutes long and that seems to confuse whatever music streaming app. I use. 

Could you tell me the least expensive mesh I can get where I can change settings? I'll need three of them. Thank you for your help.

If you want more music suggestions, let me know. I'm holding back. If you like Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, I can take you a step more into the abstract with a woman's voice.

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