Streaming 101

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

Thanks jbuhl, I'll have to see if I can access my DAC on the Esoteric, it's in the shop being repaired right now. The drawer wasn't working.