What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please.

Here’s what I am using and couldn’t be happier:

1) Mac Mini M1. Sole purpose, running Roon/Tidal/USB HD & HQ Player. I am upsampling everything local and on Tidal to DSD512/ASDM7/poly-sinc-xtrr-mp-2s via HQPlayer

2) Sonore UtraDigital feeds Kitsune Singxer SU-2 via I2s to modified LKS DAC MH-DA004

Costs:

Mac Mini M1 8GB: $699

Sonore Ultra-Digital: $395

Kitsune SU-2 : $789

HQPlayer License : $246

Total: $2146

Bridge II streamer in PS Audio DSD DAC. Can't beat $800, card slides right in, then a few screws, sounds grand, no additional cables. What would that have been cost as a standalone + cables, and take up more room on a stand in a NYC apartment. I'm happy. Neal

In process of changing from SOTM sms200 neo to Sonore Opticalrendu. My next server will have optical out, goal is to have all optical post modem.

I am WIFI streaming Apple music HI RES from iPad USB to Marantz HD DAC1. Sounds fantastic to my ears. I have also thought of a separate streamer but nothing on the market currently can play Apple music. I've subscribed to Tidal and Qobuz in the past but prefer Apple music. Good luck in your journey!

3 picoreplayers using RPi4. 2 with USB amd one with Hifiberry hat outputting coax. Each has a Raspberry Pi 7" touchscreen. Ordered a pi2aes to get I2S. Everything works flawlessly except VU Meter problem I'm having with USB. It's 0s and 1s for streaming. After that it's about DACs and AMPS which make more of a difference. Using Gustard X26 Pro, Cambridge Audio 200m and Denon AVP as DACs.