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Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
1) I have a Roon server with a couple of thousand CD tracks ripped to ALAC, vinyl tracks also ripped to ALAC, several albums worth of FLAC content from HDTracks, and a TIDAL subscription. For me, if I’ve got local digital copy, I listen to that (l... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
I'm interested in the CXN V2 - it looks like it's in my sweet spot price and feature-wise (including the balanced outputs) but I wonder about the lack of MQA (which the Node 2i has, but no XLR either.) 
Vivaldi, played badly, is the worst classical music on earth
It always makes me smile to hear a different interpretation of a well-known work.  Like a great cover (e.g., Take Me To The River, All Along The Watchtower.)  My favorite Four Seasons performance is the BSO recording on Telarc (recently repressed ... 
Fairly new to streaming. Where to start?
If you're looking for a way to try out streaming, consider the Sonos Connect (which you could probably pick up for cheap on eBay these days.)  I'm using it as a Roon endpoint and feeding the digital output directly to the (way higher quality) DAC ...