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Ready to move onto next stage of streaming

So for over a year I have been streaming Tidal via my Bluesound Vault 2.
Now I bought this mainly to rip all my cds to but after "discovering" Tidal I find that I rarely even playback from the Vault hard drive, I usually just find it on Tidal even if I know I have it in ripped format.

It boils down to 2 main source areas for me now,vinyl and streaming. Very happy with my analog as I do not even try to compare the two just let them happily coexist knowing they are different.

But here’s where I am at. I am sure there is probably a better setup for streaming Tidal with better sq than the Vault now.
However it still has to be as user friendly as the Vault to operate for the other denizens of chateaux Uberwaltz!
No computer science geniuses here!
Needs to be as simple as the Bluos app is right now for all to use.
Any suggestions that again does NOT revolve around any mac or pc setup.
Thank you
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uberwaltz OP
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I do not believe the OP ever stated there was "a problem"
The question was , is there anything better on the market that can achieve the same level of simplicity but with possibly higher sq.
Pretty simple I thought.
If we all just stopped dead with what we have and never looked around the corner to see what the next big thing might be then HEA would truly be absolutely dead as nobody would ever upgrade again!
hevreman
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https://allo.com/sparky/digione-player.html?affid=209167
pfhjvb0
10 posts
 
Easy as pie to simply get one of the NAD integrated amps with either BluOS built in or that have the ability to accept the BluOS expansion card. Way more affordable than Lumin, Aurender, etc, and allows you to play vinyl, stream Tidal, and use your Vault 2.
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cerrot
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I just went from my PC with ESI Soundcard (for hi res/ripped redbook) and squeezebox (for tidal) to an Aurender N10 and the sound improvement is amazing.  It now beats my cd player (Esoteric K03).  The conductor interface is wonderful as well.  Music on the hard drive and on Tidal are totally seamless.
dtximages
365 posts
 
The lumin app is far behind BluOS.. Usability means alot to me and BluOS is much better...

Reasons:
Lumin app doesn't give top tracks by artist (huge no no to me)
Lumin app does not allow you to add a song to your existing Tidal playlist.

There are a couple more, but these are two big issues with me.
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