digital streaming alternatives

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I have just aquired a Sony S370 blu ray and it leaves me an interesting decision. I have a Roku SoundBridge streaming wirelessly from all the 4 computers in the house, then through a Quad cdp-2 99 (allows me to use the onboard DAC). Generally I'm happy with the results with the benefit that I can stream FLAC files too, and surprised that this has not come up more often as a suggested option by WHF. My new sony can also stream, albeit not FLAC and not currently wirelessly and again use the CDP as a DAC. I am under pressure to reduce boxes and this seems like a good option. Clearly the issue is, will the sony be able to accept FLAC files, and either way, could the results be at all comparable.

 

[Anonymous]

To stream Flac to ur Sony, something in your setup will have to transcode the Flac.

If u used something like Tversity - which is a free dlna/upnp transcoding media server - on ur pc then it can detect what devices are connected and transcode if necessary.