Soooo many choices.

Wondering if the Stream Magic 6 might be what we should get. The streaming is a big plus, but I haven't found any reviews focusing on it's DAC quality for real listening. Looks like it maybe has all the inputs I'll need.

One thing about the Gungnir - it doesn't just have balanced outputs - it is a completely balanced design - it's almost like having a bifrost for each channel

Although I'm a fan of Cambridge Audio - I have their latest phono stage - after this experience I'm not a fan of the up-sampling they employ.

I much prefer the Schiit method of processing the sample rate of the actual source signal

The stream magic 6 is a very competant piece of kit and one I had considered very seriously a while back.

I for got to include "wireless" in that last post.

If you are considering HD streaming you might want to rethink wireless.

I had a terrible time with wireless streaming WAV files using Apple products - in the end I ran cable to the router. That was one of the reasons I looked at the stream magic 6.

I now have music on a NAS drive wired to the router and my iMac wired to the same router - 24/192 playback no problem

We do have several wireless routers in the area, so perhaps this contributed to the frequent dropouts?

Lots of people did not experience the same problem - maybe it was my router.

Anyhow, water under the bridge now :-)

Wired would be more hassle than I'd like. May have to in the end, we'll see.