Streaming 101

Thoughtful replies all, thank you. I've always been a "vinyl rules" guy and had to be led kicking and screaming into the cd world,now here I am again late to the party at 66 years old! Looking forward to a new discovery, be well.

Have just begun on the streaming route.

A Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra, which is plugged into my Dac.

Have a USB flash drive plugged in with my few Hi Res albums.

A hard drive with my burned CD collection.

Have listened to the Hi Res files. Very good so far. Now have to figure out how to stream from NAS, and Spotify/Tidal.

My Blue Sound Node 2 sounds almost, almost as good as my Marantz SA 8004 CD. What fun. 

I think you can access the DAC on the Esoteric X-01 D2.  It has a coax and an optical input on the back correct?

@joeyfed55

i also procrastinated several years with getting into streamed music until covid locked me in for several months back in early 2020... with over a thousand lp’s and another thousand cd’s it was hard to get off the dime... it has been a lot of fun climbing the learning curve, and now, 20 some months later, i stream from qobuz or tidal 90+% of the time

it is so much fun literally having the all the music out there at your fingertips, and sounding so beautiful so often