Probably a big ask - HD audio via internet with storage.

[Apollo11]

Hi all, I have recently started listening to music over the internet since upgrading my broadband package to unlimited. I listen mainly using good quality headphones and an Audiolab M-dac. Can anyone tell me if the following is possible:

I need to play high quality music from sites such as 'you tube' (hope is ok to mention on here) from a streamer that will output via coax at 96 Khz to the input of the M-dac.

I also need the streamer to be able to store files on a built in hard drive.

I have looked at the Sony HAP-S1 which has storage but no digital output.
Also have looked at the Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 but it has no hard drive.

Am I asking too much? I am currently using my laptop connected via usb to the M-dac which sends music to my headphones as well as to my main amplifier via optical.

I'm not sure how a streamer would navigate the net to find music but guess they can do this.

Sorry if this sounds daft but I can't seem to source a player that has the required spec and would rather not use my laptop as not keen on having a 5 metre usb cable dangling across the lounge floor.

Thanks for any replies

Richard

 

[amcluesent]

AFAIK no-one is commercially streaming at better than 320kbps lossy, (i.e. Spotify Premium, BBC) so the streamer will just expand that to CD standard PCM for input to the DAC, the m_DAC should lock-onto this fine.

There's very few streamers with built-in storage, most folks prefer the flexibility of a NAS, but the Cocktail Audio X10/X30 could be worth a look although as with the Sony HAP-S1 it contains an amp your may not need.

You can save playlists locally from smartphone/PC apps like Spotify and Nokia MixRadio, while you have a subscription.

 

[Apollo11]

AFAIK no-one is commercially streaming at better than 320kbps lossy, (i.e. Spotify Premium, BBC) so the streamer will just expand that to CD standard PCM for input to the DAC, the m_DAC should lock-onto this fine.

There's very few streamers with built-in storage, most folks prefer the flexibility of a NAS, but the Cocktail Audio X10/X30 could be worth a look although as with the Sony HAP-S1 it contains an amp your may not need.

You can save playlists locally from smartphone/PC apps like Spotify and Nokia MixRadio, while you have a subscription.

Hi and many thanks for the information, very useful. I'd forgotten about Spotify and am going to sign up for it again as is a great way to find music. The Cocktail X30 looks very interesting and now reading a few pages about it.

Regards
Richard

 

[RBZ5416]

High quality audio & YouTube is something of an oxymoron.

But if you want to search/play from YouTube you may be better looking at AV streamers as a few of them have HDDs built in. Down side is you'll need the TV on. Or a small netbook dedicated to the task.

 

[Apollo11]

High quality audio & YouTube is something of an oxymoron.

But if you want to search/play from YouTube you may be better looking at AV streamers as a few of them have HDDs built in. Down side is you'll need the TV on. Or a small netbook dedicated to the task.

I've found quite a few h q audio pages on you tube and also some very interesting 3d demonstrations which with headphones are a lot of fun.. Am now considering the Cambridge Audio Magic 6 again as has everything apart from storage.

Richard

 

[Sanjbmw2001]

Hello

Have you looked at the bluesound vault. Streams hd, music.
It's similar to sonos but better quality streaming and I think it has a built in hdd