Yeknodathon
Novice Member
Hi, I have a requirement but currently (after weeks of research) still needing advice on how to gain what I want.
Controller can be laptop Windows 10 or Android.
What I am looking for is working solutions or pointers that can give me above; either a SBC option (like RaspberryPi) or commercially offered hifi seperate "boxes" between the NAS or external USB drive and the DAC that can will work?
Apologies in advance if the answers seem obvious but I will confess I am confused by the multitude of different options.
Thanks, Alex
- play stored flac files either on NAS on a network or as an external USB drive that can be connected to device not on a network (I already have a mapped NAS drive connected to my router)
- must have gapless playback
- flac files have been compressed using Exact Audio Copy with these settings (not sure if relevant): Append Gaps to Previous Track (default)
- stream music as a digital signal to an external DAC
- streaming services (Tidal, Qubuz, Primephonic, Idagio) nice to access and work with above. I understand that Primephonic and Idagio may not be supported together in most solutions.
- budget $800
Controller can be laptop Windows 10 or Android.
What I am looking for is working solutions or pointers that can give me above; either a SBC option (like RaspberryPi) or commercially offered hifi seperate "boxes" between the NAS or external USB drive and the DAC that can will work?
Apologies in advance if the answers seem obvious but I will confess I am confused by the multitude of different options.
Thanks, Alex