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Recommendations for good sounding streamer

I am looking for a decent sounding streamer without breaking the bank. My daughter has Spotify premium and it would be nice to connect up to my audio system (de Havilland UltraVerve tube preamp, McCormack DNA-1 amp, Martin Logan SL3s).

I mostly listen to vinyl (Pro-ject RPM5) and CDs (Ultech UCD100) using the internal DAC. I do have a V90 DAC however that I used for playing digital from my phone. 

I don't really have the money any more for expensive digital playback. So what a recommendations for bang for the buck system. Could include using my V90 DAC. 

Reading through the forum here it seems that Spotify is not the best quality digital (Tidal seems to come up a lot). But for now we have tons of Spotify playlists - just looking for an affordable way. 

Some considerations:

Bluesound NODE 3

iFi Zen Stream

Any others? Pros/cons?

1trackmind
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fuzztone
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But of course.

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deadhead1000
711 posts
 

I had the Bluesound, good quality, it's  no-hassle, very easy to install and use. Very good tech support, something many companies don't have. I used it with Qobuz and Spotify. I had to jump up the $5K range to get better sound then Bluesound. 

There are many to choose from, but for someone starting out, it's great and inexpensive.

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curiousjim
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I have the Bluesound Node N130 and find it does everything I want. Oh and it’s a hundred dollars off almost everywhere. 😁

bluorion
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I'm very happy with my new Bluesound Node---just purchased it a few weeks ago. SUPER easy set up and it sounds great to me. Crutchfield had $100 off just before Thanksgiving. I also have Spotify. Good luck! 

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baylinor
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Another vote for the Node N130. The iFi Zen caused me nothing but headaches with my android phone, hard wired or not.

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