Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please!

OP here ..... Wow, impressive number of replies to my request.  Very thankful and enlightened.  Appreciate all who have contributed.  A shout out to @peipaul as his experience with several of the streamers I am contemplating and his environment with the Yggy LIM provide me with somewhat of a baseline.  

A clarification on my environment re Apple and a few questions based on the replies -

• I am streaming Tidal and not Apple Music.  My use of "integrate" with Apple was not the best terminology.  I was referring to having the app provided by the streamer ( i.e Conductor, Sense, etc. ) run on an iPad that is connected via my wireless network to the router.  It seems all the potential selections can accommodate this method. 
• Question on the connectivity out from the streamer to the Yggy DAC as noted by @mrmojo.  As I understand it, the Aurender only provides USB out.  Should I factor in SPDIF out?  - I see that the Lumin Pulse offers SPDIF output in addition to USB.  Will the accuracy of the clock in the streamer make the difference in an environment such as mine streaming to the Yggy? 

Ditch Tidal witch to Qobuz. 

We can offer you the 432Evo Servers

he Evo is a full Roon core and endpoint and it has been designed from its inception to run Ronn:

 

in fact we are one of the very few servers designed to explloit a multi core cpu for better Roon sound quality:

we have created a proprietary os that runs Roon in its own cpu core, while using another core to run housekeeping and backend processes

wile another core addresses streaming file allocation and caching.

We have actually compared our 432Evo Aeon $7800, vs the 12k Aurender N20 

Everyone who heard the demo felt the Aeon produced a dramatically better sound out of the same Dac.

The Aeon was more three dimensional, and had greater depth of field,  and the midrange was richer, all in all the Aeon was a more engaging sounding server.

 

On another note, we have a few advantages over aurender and other servers:

 

1: We are an upgradable, modular platform, this means you can upgrade an Aeon to our flagship Master.

Our Master 16k is shockingly close to the $30k Taiko extreme so we represent a server which is very close to the worlds best server yet is half the price.

The upgradable modular nature of our servers means as better parts become available, we can swap out new parts so we have a platform you can grow with.

We compared our $7800Aeon to a 25k Innous Statement with upgraded power supply after AXPONA at a Chicago dealers’ showroom.

all listeners concluded the Aeon sounded just as good as the Statement.

Now consider our Master sounds even better, yet still costs considerably less than the Statement.

This means you can start with an Aeon and upgrade to a Master later.

 

This also means our products can evolve so if a better sound card or Clock card comes out, we can easily upgrade our server.

also, our Master actually contains 3 separate toroidal transformers which is far superior to Innous single transformer design 

 

As per is2 being better it is not  better then usb and the lack of standards makes it impossible to support.

we have done everything possible  to maximize performance while eliminating digital noise.

 

dave and Troy

audio intellect NJ

us importers 432 Evo music servers.

I use a Aurender X100L with a external DAC....You don’t use the conductor app when streaming music, you just have to start the app and make sure its connected, then minimize and start Tidal or Qobuz and your good. You only use the Conductor app when copying or playing music through the internal hard drives.

 

BTW the sound is really amazing , im listening to (Tidal) CD quality sound right now and its impressive, I may switch to Studio quality later. However I thought Qobuz has excellent sound with just the basic subscription.

 

Matt M

Holo Red streamer with PS Audio Mk I. The Holo is a big leap in audible quality over Bridge II. I had to wait for 7 weeks for delivery, but for $800 one cannot beat this for multiples at this price. Not sure why they are no longer in stock. Its a beautiful gem. Neal