Streamer wanted

I own the Innuos mini.  Nice step up from a sonos port.

I've compared a high end streamer to an old Macbook Pro with 3 different DACs.  One DAC sounded better with the high end streamer, another DAC sounded better on the Macbook while the 3rd DAC seemed to not care which streamer was used, they both sounded good.  The point I am making is you have to listen yourself with your equipment as I was really surprised a $4000+ streamer sounded not as good as an old Macbook on my current favorite DAC.

I ordered the Lumin mini.
We’ll see (or hear) how it sounds!

You didn’t offer much info. What will you be streaming? Amazon, Tidal, Qobuz or other HD service? Pandora etc? Do you need to stream wirelessly? Bluesound Node 2i does that, but many streamers have to be wired with ethernet (they don’t do bluetooth), so you’d need an ethernet connection to the streamer.

Streaming ripped music stored onboard or on an external HDD/NAS? Do you want to use Roon?

Do you want one with a built-in DAC or do you have a DAC?

How important is the native app (for phone and tablet control? They vary widely. I use the Tidal app (good) on phone, tablet and desktop, or ROON. The native apps from different mfrs get varying reviews (Audender Conductor, which you’re locked in to using with their unit) gets mixed reviews. Innuos is launching their own app which they say will be great (we’ll see). BlueOS gets mixed reviews.

Patrick,

I’m streaming Qobuz and Idagio with a WiFi connection using an iPad.  As I’ve said, I don’t want a built-in DAC, and I’m not ripping stored music or CDs.  No Roon.
The Lumin Mini seems to fit the bill.