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Recommendations for high quality Streaming Audio:

Greetings everyone; looking for recommendations on how to stream high quality audio, let me explain.

I currently use my Apple 8S phone, with a high quality aux cord, into my preamp. This method has better sound quality than when I use a blue-tooth adapter and stream from my phone, but I enjoy being able to stay seated and having control of what I want to listen to.

Anything out there that gives the user remote control / access to what they want to listen to?

If not, I'll settle fort he next best thing, being plugged into my preamp, and having high quality audio without wireless control

Budget: $1,000 for equipment, $25 per month for streaming service.

I don’t know much about DAC’s , streamers, etc.. or alternative music streaming sites, but I do know that there are better options out there from what I’ve read on these forums.

Thanks in advance for the forthcoming enlightenment.

Rene

barkeyzee1
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thyname
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I no longer have it. I used to have it. Have upgraded a while back, to much more expensive system (see my current gear under "systems" for my user name).

For the price, the sound quality is excellent. Hard to beat
big_greg
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I have two Bluesound Node 2 (previsous version before the 2i version) and have been very happy with them.  The Android interface is very good and easy to use, I can't speak to the Apple interface, but would expect it to be similar.  
barkeyzee1 OP
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Thanks big_greg. What do you use for streaming services?
big_greg
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I stream Qobuz and Tidal through the Bluesound and also listen to Radio Paradise often.  Tidal has a bigger catalog, but I like that Qobuz has more hi-res files and doesn't use MQA.  The Bluesound will decode MQA, and the rest of the files are CD quality or better for both.  Radio Paradise streams in CD quality also.
gdnrbob
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I concur with big greg,
I also own 2 Nodes (original version). And, they perform flawlessly and still upgrade. 
The onboard DAC is pretty good for the money, but if you are serious, you can buy a higher quality DAC and still use the Nodes.
The only other serious competitor is Aurender, but they only offer Quobuz and Tidal. Bluesound, on the other hand, has a pretty wide range of streaming media providers.
Bob
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