Streamer question

Yeh N30sa waY out of my league. At 24k I am in around 4k USD tops.

But looks like a end game product for sure

mahler123

I had the Bryston BDP3.  Sounds great but buggy, very difficult to operate.  Sold it to pay for my Melco

That's interesting. What you describe was my experience with Aurender. I dumped it in favor of the Bryston BDP-3, which has worked very well for me. I do use Rigelian.

You can also buy an Intel NUC or a similar computer and install Roon on it. That would be similar to the systems you mentioned but possibly cheaper or with better performance. 

https://help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/roon-optimized-core-kit

" That's interesting. What you describe was my experience with Aurender. I dumped it in favor of the Bryston BDP-3, which has worked very well for me. I do use Rigelian. "
@cleeds Can you configure Rigelian to stream a music service like Qobuz?  Or do you just listen to your own library?

As a former owner of an Innuos Zenith Mk3, I believe that the combined Roon core server/streamer market is very overpriced. I sold it, and replaced it with a fanless Azulle Inspire i5 mini PC with ROCK installed.  I will be selling this soon, as for fun,  I upgraded it to an Intel NUC10 i7 in an fanless Akasa case. This runs my Roon core and the streamer is separated in a different unit. The SQ is fantastic. Roon remote and Roon run quicker and better. Plus it is a satisfying little DIY project.