Eclipsed
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Hi all, second thread here after posting my rig in the Post Your System forum. As mentioned in it, I am thinking of upgrading my streaming set up. At present I am using Spotify and also trialling Tidal (which I am liking very much) from my Windows laptop via an Audioengine B1 connected to my Arcam SA20 via optical Toslink. The sound is great but I am interested in upgrading to get even more enjoyment.
Someone mentioned the Bluezone Node as being very popular and I can see it receives a lot of praise. That looks interesting but I also want to explore streamers around the £1,000 mark. Although the B1 has served me well for a few years I'm a real novice at this kind of thing. However I would like to continue to control the streamer on my laptop rather than my phone but looking around it seems most are controlled via the latter. I think the Bluezone Node can be controlled via a pc though. I assume that with streamers the files are accessed over the Internet and the connection to a phone/pc via Bluetooth is merely for control (as opposed to the B1 where the files are Bluetoothed to it from another device which is itself connected to the Internet).
Could anyone recommend anything? Just to recap my requirements:
Apologies if these all seem rather basic questions.
Someone mentioned the Bluezone Node as being very popular and I can see it receives a lot of praise. That looks interesting but I also want to explore streamers around the £1,000 mark. Although the B1 has served me well for a few years I'm a real novice at this kind of thing. However I would like to continue to control the streamer on my laptop rather than my phone but looking around it seems most are controlled via the latter. I think the Bluezone Node can be controlled via a pc though. I assume that with streamers the files are accessed over the Internet and the connection to a phone/pc via Bluetooth is merely for control (as opposed to the B1 where the files are Bluetoothed to it from another device which is itself connected to the Internet).
Could anyone recommend anything? Just to recap my requirements:
- around £1,000
- Windows pc controlled
- supports Tidal
- wifi connectivity
Apologies if these all seem rather basic questions.