Upgrade ....streamer or amp?

f it was my money, I'd recommend you upgrade to an outboard DAC, I do not see the sound improving much doing another streamer. A quality DAC is going to have the largest increase in sound considering your options. A streamer’s internal DAC is generally not that great overall. And the streamer itself is a minor improvement if at all within a reasonable budget.  

The Blue OS is actually quite good as far as streamer OS’s go. Better than the Aurender conductor app by far from my experience.  I’ve had a few streamers now and after my time with an overpriced Aurender I ended up back to the Blue-sound streamer (Vault2i), I have an excellent DAC so it’s not that noticeable. And if I'm honest the OS/App for the streamer to me is the number one thing to consider when buying a streamer.   

Try an outboard quality DAC and see how things sound. I’m betting that’s your sweet spot in your choices.  

Honestly, if you think you have been affected by the stock market so far, I think you better save your money. If things keep going as they are what we have seen so far is only a prelude.. a small blip. 

You are probably right, but at least I'll go out streaming Van Morrison and Mark Knopfler.

I’m with you there. I am really enjoying listening to music two to three hours a day. My streaming system is as good as my vinyl and CD. Well worth it. I am not familiar with the Billie. But there are some tube amps know to be very synergistic with the speakers. 

I am familiar with your speakers. They are worthy of a very good components.

You were gonna cash out your IRA to buy a streamer?? That’s sounds like the worst financial decision of all time... The stocks have not even dropped to the level they were after Trump won the election... Remember after he won the stock market exploded, now it’s barely back to Nov 3rd levels and rising... you only lose money if you panic sell like a fool anyway... They will all be back up higher than ever in a few months anyway..

I would look into getting a Aurender streamer, that was one of the biggest upgrades I ever did. I couldn’t believe how much better everything sounded through it, and I  have hundreds of CDs in full WAV format on its internal SSD which sounds amazing and blows away streaming quality, although streaming is very good with qobuz. My only complaint is that it doesn’t come with a remote, you can only control it with the app and it should have come with a basic play/pause skip tracks buttons.