2. digital
  3. 127791-1398

What do I Need in Order to Stream digital content and Store & Play CD's ?

I'm looking to upgrade my system in order to add capability for streaming audio digitally from services such as Tidal, as well as to store & play my cd collection of some 300 cd's.
My present system is: Krell 250m mono blocks, Thiel CS 6 speakers, PS Audio Lambda transport, Classe DAC 1,( no digital inputs/outputs for streaming.) Also have a nice analogue rig but not relevant to what I want to change. Neither is cabling.
What do I need to replace/add in order to accomplish this?

michaeljbrown
michaeljbrown OP
146 posts
 
I also have a Transcendent Grounded Grid tube preamp and have just purchased a Schitt Freya preamp/whatever.
jond's avatar
jond
5,845 posts
 
You can simply add a streaming device and I don't understand you saying your dac has no digital inputs? A quick google shows it has 5 inputs you can certainly run an spdif rca cable or toslink from most streaming devices right to your Classe Dac. I did this and ripped my cd's to an external NAS which I stream from wirelessly.
sbank's avatar
sbank
3,379 posts
 
Read the 2part Sonore microRendu review on computeraudiophile site before you do anything. I agree with @jond that ripping your CDs, storing them on a NAS(e.g. Synology or QNAP) and streaming to your DAC is the way to go. Don't let any unfamiliar terminology deter you. It's not that hard!!! It's so much better sounding than most PC or Mac based solutions. Cheers,
Spencer 
donjr
1,335 posts
 
So if you're streaming wirelessly, what device are you using? I would also like to get this straight. So you have your CD's ripped and stored on a NAS. What's connected to your DAC that allows you to stream from the NAS or does the doc allow that wirelessly?

jond's avatar
jond
5,845 posts
 
@donjr  If you are asking me I have an Auralic Aries Mini which streams wirelessly from my NAS drive and also streams Tidal. Its connected to my dac with an spdif rca cable. I control it using their remote app Lightning DS on my ipad mini. Very simple and satisfying setup for me and it wasn't expensive in terms of high end audio.
More to discover