I would strongly endorse Aurender either W20 which can be found on the used market for around 10,000 or their newer SE version which I have heard and read is even more superb. This streamer will also accept an external word clock that you can then match to your DAC
Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC)
I have a dCS Paganini DAC and Paganini Clock. I’m looking for a streamer only to pair with the Paganini to stream via Tidal. That’s it, I don’t need a streamer/DAC/etc. I don’t want to extra for pay for redundancy. Any good suggestions on a streamer only that you have paired to a high end DAC with good results would be appreciated.
PLEASE no “try some at home on your system” responses …. that’s the reason I came here, for some recommendations. Price range $1500-$5000.
Thanks!
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@loxo, I also use a Roon Nucleus with an aftermarket LPS(linear power supply), except mine is an Sbooster, which I’ve found to work quite nicely in my system. I’m often amazed at the number of folks who not only recommend to others music servers that cost $10,000 and more, but have also bought one themselves when all they’re doing is using Roon to run Tidal and Qobuz. |
The miniDSP SHD Studio is a Streaming High Definition digital audio processor that combines:
The SHD Studio’s powerful but user-friendly DSP audio tuning software provides 10-band parametric EQ per channel, crossovers up to 48dB/octave, compressor / limiter and a 2 x 4 matrix mixer. The system allows for powerful audio system tuning in applications ranging from integrating a single subwoofer to a two-way active speaker.
Volumio network streaming provides access to music files from many sources including USB drives, NAS (network area storage devices), Roon, TIDAL, Qobuz Spotify, JRiver, internet radio and more.
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You can build a perfectly good streamer from a Raspberry Pi for under $100. It will send bit perfect data to your DAC. Any decent DAC is immune from jitter on the data stream. Anyone who thinks the streamer makes a sound quality difference ought to do some real testing. They are probably imagining things. |
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