Streamers/DACs


Just picked out gear for our new hifi room and I’m starting my search for a good streamer or streamer/DAC combo.  We have Paradigm Persona 3F speakers, Persona Sub and Anthem STR amp.  I’ve narrowed streamers options down to 3 well-reviewed choices: Aurender, Lumin T3, and Cary Audio DMS-700.  Not sure if I’d go with the Aurender A15 which has the option to just do digital out if I feel the urge upgrade to a better DAC or start with the N200 and either use the Anthem’s DAC or buy a separate unit right off the bat.  Mostly interested in streaming Quboz, don’t care about Roon. The audio room has no realistic way to add an Ethernet port so I’ll need to work around this with a Wi-Fi to Ethernet bridge (or comparable solution) if I choose Aurender or Lumin, whereas the DMS-700 has a built-in Wi-Fi option (but a seemingly rudimentary app by comparison to the others).  Any experience with these products is welcome.  Of particular interest would be experiences from other Persona owners and why they chose the streamers/DACs they did but all input is welcome.  Thanks much, this forum has helped immensely in the build thus far. 

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The Lightning DS software from Auralic products is light years better than the aurender app and I prefer the Auralic products over aurender products. As good as lightning ds is, Roon is much better.

As far as sound quality, I would take Roon or Audirvana over the others, followed by Auralic, then lumin.

As far as extending the reach of your signal the Netgear Powerline 2000 + Extra Outlet works great for me, have three in my home with great speeds, about a hundred bucks each on Crutchfield back over a year ago.

As streamer , i’m favorite of Lumin , Moon Mind 2. Always à separate dac :  Metronome Technologie is great. Do like also : Ear , Trilogy,,…

I can not accept the statement that there is no way to hardwire from the router.

Are you streaming now via WiFi?