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What I’m looking for in a streaming transport

I want to move past my laptop for streaming. These are the things I’m looking for- does such a product exist?

1- One box turnkey product- I’m not building it 
2- Reasonable UI
3- no internal DAC
4- native Tidal & Qobuz
5- linear power supply 
6- USB out; spdif and BNC outs would be nice but not essential 
7- USB input for thumb drive
8- first rate sound
9- $1,500 or so upper end 

so far, I don’t think there is anything on the market that meets all points on my wish list. Closest I see is Innuos Zen Mini Mk 3 with LPS 

if I’m wrong please tell me 
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pauly
1,012 posts
 
If you don’t mind a little effort in setting it up, a Raspberry Pi is an excellent streamer. Depending how you configure it you can get set < $200. 
zlone
471 posts
 
I am searching for the same thing. The Lumin Mini seems to be the best choice in the streamer only space, but still too expensive for my tastes. In the meantime I put together a Pi 4 with an Allo DigiOne board and low end LPS, all running Moode. Running it through a Gumby and it sounds pretty amazing. Nice upgrade from my Sonos Connect. I am keeping my eyes open for an even better solution at the right price.
crgeary
5 posts
 
Teddy also has a LPS upgrade for the Bluesound Node.   UI is outstanding.   I use mine for streaming and also for transport of .flacs stored on an NAS hanging off the same router.  Internal DAC is OK but will be the  second upgrade.   
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