[help] I'm too Boomer to stream. :-(

@tom8999

I think you made a very good choice. Over the long run though, as the market for streaming services evolves, hardware/firmware and corresponding software systems will have to adapt to remain convenient or even useful. The OP is trying to get into streaming with a relatively inexpensive and pretty flexible piece of equipment. I admire that and I think he just needs a little help getting it going.
There were a couple of good suggestions made on here for him but posts like:

“I just looked at my BS App and for local shares it needs to be either on the computer the app is running on or connected via USB.
There is no wifi connection available.
Bob”

Which, incredibly, packed no less than 3 errors of fact in a short two sentences, don’t help the op, in fact they do the opposite.

I simply can’t believe the number of posts made on here by people who don’t know what they’re talking about. It’s not helpful.

Spirit of radio and goose and OP - my streaming experience has been painless but I have a neighbor who is trying to do this ‘on the cheap’ and I have learned to avoid several errors:

1 - do not go wireless - you lose quality fast.
2 - trying to stream via a computer or download music files off a normal computer just generates poor quality. UBS ports are very poor quality ‘generators’.

i do have a great CD collection and I have / still use my Yamaha CD player - the 2100. Just bought a new DVD / CD player Panasonic 9000(?) . Both are in separate stereo systems - but my LUMIN D1 feeds both systems via balanced outputs to system 1 and RCA outputs to system 2.The RCA interconnects are 15 feet long as the second system is in the ‘bonus room’ upstairs. The KEY is it is hard wired. I feed the D1 via an Ethernet cable from my router - again hard wired. My I pad mini works in both rooms wirelessly and controls the system just fine.

If if you cannot run an Ethernet cable to your stereo - please consider locating the LUMIN near your router so it is hard wired and run long RCAs to your stereo - my 15 foot RCAs were costom made by Anticables - again not cheap but high quality.

i hope this helps.

Happy Listening

Goose and OP - go to Upscale Audio’s website and run their review of the LUMIN T2 - about two thirds of the way thru he addresses the Ethernet cable issue - he states “for $25 we can sell you a cool box that connects to your router wirelessly but then has a wired Ethernet port that then allows you to connect the LUMIN via an Ethernet cable. I have never used this ‘cool box’ but they are a LUMIN dealer and a very reputable Hi Fi shop. Hope this helps.

Sounds like the cool box is a range extender which could help unless you have drop outs now you will probably  still have them. Using a mesh system might be a better option. 

Sounds like the cool box is a range extender which could help unless you have drop outs now you will probably still have them. Using a mesh system might be a better option.

That's exactly what it is. I went the mesh route personally, a terrific solution for my needs, which include both a Sonore microRendu and a Bluesound Node 2.