I want to provide my conference rooms again, but I'm watching how this Delta variant is going.

WiFi shouldn't be an issue, 300 down Cox cable internet which should be enough to stream music for the event and Cisco access points only a few years old that should be able to take a good number of connections. I also have powers to troubleshoot the network if we have issues. Even with that...

I'll have a few things: La Figaro 339 (aka darkvoice) amp ATC CA2 mkii preamp Burl B2 Bomber DAC w/Dante THX 789 AAA amp Sen HD650 headphone Aeon Flow Open headphone Not sure if I want to lug the Vinyl and phono gear in, we will see.

I say get the J3, it's a quality portable player.  If you don't like it just sell it, very active classified section here so it shouldn't be an issue.  You might loose some cash in the sale but think of it as rental fee ;)

lol yeah

I can't speak for those IEM but I've have both iPad and J3. The J3 blows the iPad out of the water, problem is I don't know the difference between the iPad and iPod internal DAC. You will commonly see people trying to hook up external DAC/AMPs to the apple products which could be another option...

I'm loving my La Figaro 339, it's a dream to me.  Haven't started tube rolling yet.  Still Sound stage if superior, instrument separation fantastic.  I paired my amp with a hrt musicstreamer II+ those together are a great combo.  Problem is it's over your budget :(  I say spend more time saving...

When playing music I'm only using 2.1 currently.  My sub is powered.  Since I have limited power I'm thinking bookshelf would properly match my system.  I don't think I could properly power floorstanding speakers.  I listen to all sorts of music from heavy bass hip hop, trance, jazz, list goes...

I'm limited in my options, I didn't know at the time of my receiver purchase I'd be limited without preouts.  I'm looking for some Left and right speakers for my 7.1 setup.  I'm willing to lose my side speakers to bi-amp for extra power.  I was considering some swan monitors and placing them on...

Went ahead and bought the HRT Music Streamer II+, seems to run great but once in a while switching songs in foobar2000 I'll get static, I think it has to do with drivers but I'm still looking into it.

solved by getting an HRT Music Streamer II+ separating the DAC has resulted in perfect silence when nothing is happening.

Thinking hard on the HRT Music Streamer II + Many people seem happy with it.

I'm building my rig, and have have the la figaro coming in soon.  Just ordered it.  So far Liuyi at yuking09.com has been very helpful even with my goofups in ordering.  I'm thinking of an HRT Music Streamer II.  My current problem is with my Xonar D2 which has slight computer noises when I move...

I've got D2 Xonar (3.5mm to RCA to TRS?) ProSonus HP4 (LiveWire HPE-325) ATH-M50s   Whenever I move my mouse the whine starts to happen.  It's not that loud but very noticeable.