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

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.

Op please reach out to us, we have a ton of experience in this arena.

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