Soooo many choices.

If you are considering HD streaming you might want to rethink wireless.

I had a terrible time with wireless streaming WAV files using Apple products - in the end I ran cable to the router. That was one of the reasons I looked at the stream magic 6.

I now have music on a NAS drive wired to the router and my iMac wired to the same router - 24/192 playback no problem

We do have several wireless routers in the area, so perhaps this contributed to the frequent dropouts?

Lots of people did not experience the same problem - maybe it was my router.

Anyhow, water under the bridge now :-)

Wired would be more hassle than I'd like. May have to in the end, we'll see.

FYI - I have no experience with "hi-fi streamers" - I first used an Apple TV2 and used it until I discovered its shortcomings. Ended up putting in cable to overcome those.

Then fate dealt a blow and I ended up moving my iMac to perform streaming functions.

I've always thought that hi-fi streamers should be more robust than appleTV-like solutions, but I've never tried one

Could someone with experience with any hi-fi streamers help out here please.

Many thanks

I stream 1080p movies with full surround sound wirelessly in my home. I highly suggest using wireless N. If wired is an issue you can use the power line adapters. I have used those as well with success.

I did a 5hr. each way road trip yesterday, lots of time to think. Came to the conclusion that unless the Stream Magic 6, or something like it, if there is something, has a DAC of the level I'd like to get, I want to get a DAC with USB input for a streamer, and regular inputs for the CDp. That would cover all the inputs I need I think. So a 1-2k$ DAC and a Dragonfly would cover my needs, right?