Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital?


I have Comcast/Xfinity coaxial cable to their modem/router in an Apple equipped office approximately twenty feet from a remote xFi Pod with 2 ethernet outputs next to my rack. If this source is adequate what would you suggest next with a $10K budget?  

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These kind of discussions somehow often turn into platforms for dealers to promote their products. It would be much more meaningful if dealers sales pitches were separated by the administration from the public's opinions of products they experienced. However I do respect the dealers who openly state their business in their posts. Overall it is too much like reading Stereophile or Absolute sound where they mainly review equipment from companies that spend big bucks advertising in their magazines. There is basically very little objectivity in any of that. Either way, my two cents to the OP is your choices should all be based on how you want to connect to your internet and operate your streamer. Since I want to use my android phone as a remote to operate my streamer, my options immediately eliminate Auralic since it has no app for android. Also Lumin and Aurender are seriously lacking in their android apps to give you the results you would be happy with.  It leaves Innuos with their android sense app wich is highly rated. However, with the setup you listed, if you use an IPad or a computer, your options are much wider, lucky you. Unfortunately that is where this technology is at this point, the streaming system needs to be a good match for your internet feed and how you want to operate your streamer from it. I wish I had your options, but since my internet cable feed is in the main house and I have a separate power feed to my house of stereo, best I can do is wifi extender connected to streamer via ethernet cable. Plus I won't use any  tablets, too big for me to operate in my listening chair, so android phone it is and thankfully my bluesound setup works extremely well. Plenty of details under my system. Glad you are taking the dive for streaming regardless of the complexities, you won't regret it.

Lumin P1 is an all in one. Just add amp. Pre dac streamer all in one. 
 

off the wall suggestion wait for the mark II version of the ps audio Dorectstream dac and their streamer. Coming out next month and month after.  Together about 10k.  30 day tryout. Ted Smith is a genius and will write code updates for years. Directstream can be pre too but does work better with a pre as most do. 

@baylinor Even as a dealer, I agree with your post. But whether we do so this in a professional capacity or in a personal one, everyone will list the brand ms and products they most advocate for. Some dealers may be doing it to try to capitalize on the situation, but most dealers (including myself) truly believe in the products they carry.

It’s a public forum and everyone should be allowed a say, but if there was some sort of badge or label under our usernames that show if someone is a verified dealer, I would be supportive of that. 

I also agree that the Aurender mobile app had some painful user experience issues, but the Aurender Lite 3 app was just released and is still accepting feedback from the beta community. It has a sexier user interface than the previous version and is a much better user experience overall. 

What about just purchasing software for your Mac - Roon and HQ player? You can then either go straight into a network ready DAC or purchase an endpoint - like Sonore - to "convert" the ethernet into USB for a USB DAC. Roon and HQ player will cost you under $1K to purchase and are loaded with features, including some very high level filters in HQ player. Of course dealers will tell you that "a dedicated streamer is needed" but no one on this planet can demonstrate a rumor of difference across every measurable characteristic nor a plausible mechanism for why the sound could be any different. This is NOT a bits are bits argument - it is a modulated analog signal encoding digital data is a modulated analog signal encoding digital data when the signal is received by a modern receiver argument.

This leaves you $9K for the DAC! That would be a fun for shopping.