Streamer question


Please pardon my ignorance, but I've researched and I'm not finding what I'm looking for.

I currently house my music library in this configuration: NAS > PC > USB > DAC > RCA > Integrated amp. I use Roon as my primary and the Roon core is on an SSD plugged into the NAS. I run Tidal via Roon.

I'm looking for a streaming device to eliminate the USB cable, but that allows me to stream from my personal library (using Roon) as well as Tidal (while not using Roon).

Roon is flaky for me and sometimes I find it's not worth the hassle of dealing with, so I'd like to option to simplify things and stream directly from Tidal.

Everything I see is for streaming from a service (Roon/Quboz), but I'm not finding much on streaming my own personal library as well.

Hope this makes sense. Any help appreciated!

chrisg1000

BlueSound starts at $299 and will play files direct. A cheap WiiM will not. This method is much simpler than a NAS connected through DLNA.

I tried a bluesound once and returned it. As I recall it sounded odd and also couldn’t handle the size of my library.

But, thanks for the advice. 

How big is your music library?  The Bluesound Node is rated at over 200,000 individual tracks.  Roon is supposed to handle 100,000 but I have seen posts that say they were getting more than that. 

Would also help to know what the rest of your equipment is, especially what DAC you are using?

DAC is a Holo Audio May KTE. This is why I don’t want a DAC, just a streamer