Streaming 101
I know nothing about streaming and would like some feedback. All I have is a laptop running windows. Is there a one box way to do everything? I have an older SACD player and don't think I can access its DAC.( Esoteric X-01 D2) The rest of my setup is pretty evolved so I would like something commensurate without breaking the bank. Internet radio is something I would really like to be able to access. Excuse my ignorance, most of the music reviews I read about these days seem to be unavailable to me via my turntable or CD player. Thanks.
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 |
At first glance it appears that CD player has a Bur Brown 1704 DAC which was state of the art when it first came out , albeit many many audiophile moons ago. Regardless I can only image Esoteric went full tilt on the implementation and its a good place to start with a DAC. The default answer for people starting out here is Bluesound Node. But if you want to explore a high end option take a look at the Bryston BDP-3. It will stream Tidal and Qobuz and go Coax out to your Esoteric. It also supports DSD files. There is a BDP-3 on audiogon now for $2.2K. New they are $3.6K I think. The Lumin products also get mush love on this site. You might include the Lumin U1 in your exploration. Note, Do you have wired Ethernet to your rig or only WiFi? |
just checked the player no inputs outputs only
so you have two options
1: dac and streamer
2: streaming dac: an lumin x1 will exceed the sound qualiy of an esoteric cd player
we were esoteric dealers a properly set up x1 is neerly impossible to beat
in our shop it takes an outlay of 25k to 50k to actually better the x1
we have a vast collection of dacs streamers and servers
the node idea is a poor idea as it wont show you the potantial of streaming
the node sounds decent but it doesnt possess the same kind of sound as your esoteric does, a bricasti m3 plus 432Evo server will sound as good or better the lumin x1 will better it
We have swithed over entirely over to treaming because when it is done right you can get the ease of instant playback, with better then cd performance
Dave and Troy Audio intellect nj streaming specialists: bluesound,,bricasti, 432Evo servers, llumin naim, roon chord dealers
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Yep @audiotroy correct yah gonna need a DAC. I always suggest a separate DAC as the technology is moving really quickly and it gives you the flexibility to upgrade. |
