[originalsnuffy]

Take a look at the Bluesound Node. Checks a lot of your boxes.

Listening to my Node outside on the porch. It feeds an Anthem whole home audio system.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Take a look at the Bluesound Node. Checks a lot of your boxes.

No, a Bluesound is a huge waste of money for anybody who wants to stream only off a NAS or local files.

 

[originalsnuffy]

No, a Bluesound is a huge waste of money for anybody who wants to stream only off a NAS or local files.

Okay, please take me through your analysis.

For me, it integrates my NAS, Amazon Music, and provides a conduit for Apple Airplay 2.
Plus I feed my PC through the optical input (a Topping DAC send the optical to the node).

It has a good app for remote control.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Okay, please take me through your analysis.

For me, it integrates my NAS, Amazon Music, and provides a conduit for Apple Airplay 2.
Plus I feed my PC through the optical input.

It has a good app for remote control.

You have a streaming service, the OP said several times he doesn't have streaming and doesn't want it. Going by his requirements, Bluesound is not the answer. The part of the app that plays local files or streams from Samba is slow and really not very good. A Pi-based streamer or something else like that is less than half the price of a Bluesound and is going to be a better user experience for people who don't use streaming services.

 

[originalsnuffy]

You have a streaming service, the OP said several times he doesn't have streaming and doesn't want it. Going by his requirements, Bluesound is not the answer. The part of the app that plays local files or streams from Samba is slow and really not very good. A Pi-based streamer or something else like that is less than half the price of a Bluesound and is going to be a better user experience for people who don't use streaming services.

I like your analysis and it makes sense. However, I would point out that the Samba streaming might be slow but it has never been an issue with anything I have sent to the unit. So I would argue that it is fast enough for government work.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I like your analysis and it makes sense. However, I would point out that the Samba streaming might be slow but it has never been an issue with anything I have sent to the unit. So I would argue that it is fast enough for government work.

Well, I don't mean the rate of data. I meant that the app is slow at navigating the directory structure and not very good in general. It's a clunker! And anyway, he really needs only a transport (he can run the output into his RME) so I don't see any reason to use a Bluesound or anything similar.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Bluesound boxes are very good if you have streaming services and probably the best/cheap MQA solution. But for the use case in this thread, they're not on the list.

 

[OCC7N]

Im gonna JCAT my pc and turn it into DLNA streamer.

I gave up on streamer(one solution) and bought TT2

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Im gonna JCAT my pc and turn it into DLNA streamer.

I gave up on streamer(one solution) and bought TT2

As long as you don't need DSD then minidlna is pretty easy to set up. I have it running on my FreeBSD box and it works fine. I really prefer CIFS/Samba though, since that way the client navigates the directory structure and can see whatever you host. The dlna servers provide specific filetypes. They're kinda two ways of looking at how to do content. If not for my Yamaha stack, I wouldn't use dlna at all.

 

[OCC7N]

As long as you don't need DSD then minidlna is pretty easy to set up. I have it running on my FreeBSD box and it works fine. I really prefer CIFS/Samba though, since that way the client navigates the directory structure and can see whatever you host. The dlna servers provide specific filetypes. They're kinda two ways of looking at how to do content. If not for my Yamaha stack, I wouldn't use dlna at all.

I mostly use flac files. Have never tried DSD actually, but I am considering it one day to hear difference…

My dlna streamer is also my going to be DAW(cubase) at the sametime. Both my TT2 and SSL2+ will be connected to the jcat usb.

 

[originalsnuffy]

I mostly use flac files. Have never tried DSD actually, but I am considering it one day to hear difference…

My dlna streamer is also my going to be DAW(cubase) at the sametime. Both my TT2 and SSL2+ will be connected to the jcat usb.

DSD only makes sense if you take an analog output from your DSD capable DAC and feed the analog to an amp that does not digitize the signal. Otherwise one might as well stick with PCM.