Help With A New DAC/Streamer

I really like my Cambridge Audio CXN 60 streamer/DAC combo, and it’s only $1100.  The Stream Magic App works well and it also is great for Internet Radio, Podcasts, and everything else.  It has sAirPlay and Chromecast.  The DAC is a good 24 bit Wolfson that I actually bypass because I have a better DAC, but you can start with it and upgrade the DAC later if need be

@audiotroy I just purchased that evo standard from you,  So the server is the core and you use another device to control it, this is better than using say a laptop as both? It would not have enough power to do both?

@brunomarcs did you fall for Audiotroys shilling? Did you hear the Evo vs other dac/streamers?

Something to consider with an all in one streamer is Dirac Live.

Dirac Live resolves the soundstage with improved clarity and intelligibility with all instruments and vocals. With the room correction aspect you'll experience deeper and tighter bass free of resonances throughout the listening area, with greater transparency and the removal of distracting artifacts.

The miniDSP SHD is a good example of a streaming high definition digital audio processor with excellent DACs. Dirac Live uniquely combines frequency response correction as well as impulse response (time domain) correction in the digital domain. Fixing time domain anomalies is an impressive advancement for any audiophile system.

The only downside is the increased complexity and effort needed to fully integrate Dirac Live. So having excellent dealer support is important. 

Deer Creek Audio is an authorized miniDSP SHD dealer.

I just replaced a significantly more expensive Aurender server/streamer with a Roon Nucleus paired with an IFi Zen Stream (as the Roon endpoint) connected to my DAC via spdif.  While this set up took me a while to figure out, the improvements in sound quality, system stability and the user friendliness of the Roon interface is proving to make this one of the best decisions I've made in my 25  years in this hobby.  So for less than $2K, this change has transformed my sound quality and listening enjoyment.