Help needed with streaming

Discussion in 'Audio Hardware' started by cchap, Oct 16, 2019.

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  1. cchap

    cchap Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    usa
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    Hello everyone,
    I am a little tech savvy(can set the time on the vcr) but trying to figure out the best way to stream to my system has me confused. My current system is a peachtree nova 150 to Kef ls50's. I have a CCA hooked up via toslink and an audioquest dragonfly red via analog. I originally got the dragonfly for tidal mqa but now that Qobuz is available I am trying them out. To use Tidal MQA I have to plug my phone(S10+) into the dragonfly and use USB Audio Player Pro and the UAPP renderer (I don't even know what this is). It's kind of a pain to not have a remote way to control. Now that I am using Qobuz, what is the best way to stream to the peachtree at 24/192? On a another note, I am using the google home app to create "speaker groups" around the house and outside and would like to be able to include the peachtree in this. I do currently with the cca but not with optimal sound quality. I have looked into the various rasberry pie based items but don't know where to start. It seems like Roon is a cool idea but I don't have a computer (there are 5 in the house but kids and wife use them). I got rid of my FLAC library years ago. I only stream now. Wife sreams spotify and me Tidal/Qobuz. I apologize for the long winded post and hopefully I got across what I am trying to accomplish and my limitations. Firstly looking for a way to get the best quality to my peachtree with Qobuz and secondly would be to group with other speakers around the house. Maybe I am completely off base with everything, I don't know. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
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  2. cchap

    cchap Member Thread Starter

    Location:
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    Or if I'm way off base and not thinking of something simple please let me know.
     
  3. MGW

    MGW Less travelling, more listening

    Location:
    Scotland, UK
    @cchap, I'm with you. I can make streaming work on my phone or TV and pass either to my hifi, within reason. But would really like a simple guide to getting, say Simaudio Moon Mind 2, to work giving streaming from, say, Deezer and internet radio initially.
    Ultimately I'd like to re-rip my CDs to FLAC (currently apple lossless in which I have lost all faith) and link this in via a NAS drive.
    Need a really simple explanation preferably with diagrams and simple bullet point instructions.
    Where, for example, does Roon, or equivalent, fit into tbis?
     
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  4. ds58

    ds58 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Boston MetroWest
    I’d like to help but frankly, you have a fairly complicated set of requirements... if I understand what you’ve said. Grouping devices/speakers from different companies or protocols can be a challenge...

    To make it easier (other than your setup with the CCA—>Dragonfly—>Peachtree Nova—>LS50s) what devices do you have?
     
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