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This is... something. Or you can just buy one of these: https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimpro/overview https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimpro/overview (review: https://ww
by buro9 3y ago
This is... something.
Or you can just buy one of these: https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimpro/overview https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimpro/overview (review: https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23571271/wiim-mini-multi-room-streamer-chromecast-audio https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23571271/wiim-mini-multi-r... )
It is going to let you stream everything on virtually any service, it has AirPlay, Spotify, Bluetooth, whatever... and it will output analog using the internal DAC or you can choose to hook up an external DAC if you like.
It's cheap, there is a simpler version, and a more feature rich version.
Or if you walk in to a HiFi store you'll probably walk out with one of these https://www.bluesound.com/products/node/ https://www.bluesound.com/products/node/ (but IMHO the WiiM is better).
And if you really want to go and put something OSS together then there are Raspberry Pi equivalents.
I am very into good speakers and a good traditional amp and keeping my DAC separate and my streamer separate from that... but it doesn't have to be hacked together (though knock yourself out if you so desire) and it doesn't have to be "audiophile" expensive either. Every good stereo that served you well for many decades can continue to serve you well with a cheap external streamer.
The only place where audiophile tendencies might kick in if you really want your lossless 96/24 playback (why? you can't hear it!) and you read up and discover that actually your digital path was capped somewhere along the line (probably an older TOSLINK component at 48/20)... but still, no-one has to do this, no-one will hear the difference.