Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college

 @bhvf 

Vera-Link relies on Bluetooth only 

Very solid connection easily made 

Happy Holidays

Mark

Dorm rooms and campus apartments will have lots of people in and out, roommates, their friends, maintenance people. In that use case, something small and not too flashy. Maybe something used. Whatever it is will be moved and moved again, so nothing precious, it will get knocked around. Even if in a personal apartment, he will be in a peripatetic phase of life and the same requirements will apply. Inexpensive actives with a bluetooth streamer-DAC and maybe an input in the back--Wiim Pro Plus--would be an option. A bluetooth wireless Sonos active. He'll have plenty of time to buy something bigger and better later on when he's spending his own money.

Look at the self powered Vanatoo speakers.  Worked well in my son’s dorm and they are blue tooth capable so he just used his phone or a USB from his computer.  Simple and had excellent sound. The Vanatoo Zeros or Model One depending on size needed.  I have a pair of the Vanatoo One’s on my desk at home that I also enjoy. (They have a built in compressor you can turn off for best sound quality, but when on it acts as protection against being turned up to loud in a dorm room by accident 😬)

The new Wiim Amp, for $299, seems to bea perfect solution, even better than the Vera-Link I recommended earlier.  I just ordered one from Amazon.