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Poor internet, streaming not possible

First of all, I am about a generation behind.

Secondly, I suffer from terribly throttled down internet speeds in my location. Streaming is an option I can only sometimes use.

I was happy with my Audio Research Ref 150 and my Magnepan 1.6s etc until the entire system was stolen.

I have a decent CD (and vinyl) collection they didn’t take.

DAC this and DAC that has me a bit confused, as I see prices from $99 to $18k for. DAC.

I assume my best option is to buy a Blu Ray player and run that through a DAC to my vintage Marantz 2270?

Thoughts about what steps I should take and secondarily on recommendations on lower budget items, as the hifi is not all they took and we are slowly rebuilding.

Thanks


diffin
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cleeds
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diffin
I suffer from terribly throttled down internet speeds in my location ...
What makes you think that, as opposed to there being other network issues causing your slow Internet speeds?
reubent
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@diffin - Do you need a BlueRay player for video or multi-format playback? If not, a good CD player, or a CD transport and a DAC might be a better solution.

Got a budget in mind?
crn3371
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What are your internet speeds? Have you actually tried to stream audio? If your basing your ability to stream audio based on inability to stream video, don’t, audio is way less demanding on bandwidth. 
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