How to start streaming

Lalitk,

Thank you.  Your post is most helpful.
All of my files are .flac files and very many are 24/96 and 24/192 resolution.

Mainly what I want to do is access my files remotely from my iPad and/or PC
and play them on my system.

Thanks everybody else for your posts also.

@rvpiano,

Since you own high resolution files and got a nice DAC, I would also recommend looking into Aurender N100H as well. But, overall Node2 is very good value for the money. It’s also capable of full MQA decoding through its internal DAC. 

Enjoy!

If you are happy with CD resolution you might consider a Sonos system.  I use a paired network hard drive to store files and can play them using my computer, iphone or iPad wirelessly  to either Sonos speakers, or using a Connect unit to input the wireless signal to a system with a separate DA converter (the on board DA conversion is OK, but your Gugnir is better).

At this point, Sonos will not stream any higher resolution than CD - I use dBpowramp software as a ripper and it includes a utility to downsample and save as new playable files, anything you have at higher resolution.

I would go for a Bluesound Node, if you want to connect with a PC or Mac, or a Vault and download all your files into it-which would be my choice.
Call Bluesound directly. They have great customer support and can give you the most accurate info.
Bob