Does a new ‘budget’ system require a music streamer as a separate?

[Molesworth]

Happy New Year to you.

I sold my prized hi fi system of separates (largely Arcam) a few years ago for the sake of domestic bliss and want to start again with a new system but I don’t understand how to stream music via my iPhone as part of a new system. My preference is to stream music without the need for a cable to connect my iPhone to the system and to have a CD player as part of the system. Looking at these What Hi Fi favourites as examples:

Marantz PM6006 UK Special Edition + CD6006 UK Special Edition

how could I add to or use this system to stream music please? Do I need to add a streamer to the system as it looks to me that I’d need to connect my iPhone via a cable with this CD player and Amp combination. I know I will also need a good pair of speakers....

Many thanks for any suggestions for suitable solutions.

 

[smbmetal]

Happy New Year!

There‘s a few options.

Arcam Miniblink

Shop for Arcam Miniblink Bluetooth Receiver with Richer Sounds

www.richersounds.com

Arcam rBlink

Bringing hi-fi to the world of Bluetooth, the Arcam rBlink is the ideal marriage between phone and hi-fi. There's no need to dock your iPhone or other smartphone - just connect via Bluetooth and set your music free.

www.richersounds.com

Either will plug into the Marantz Amp and will allow your iPhone to connect via Bluetooth.

This would match nicely though if you decided on a traditional streamer

Marantz NA6006 Music Streamer

The NA6006 is built to meet all the requirements of the modern digital music listener

www.sevenoakssoundandvision.co.uk

 

[knaithrover]

You can't go wrong with an Arcam Miniblink for starters.

 

[chris_bates1974]

If you are using an iPhone, you could also look at an Airport Express. This will sit next to, and is plugged into, the amp, and you simply send the music to it. This is what I did until just recently. Works pretty well....

 

[scene]

Regarding the speakers:
- How big is your room?
- What sort of music do you like listening to?
- What happened to your previous speakers (did you sell them)? (And what were they?)

 

[tino]

How about a streaming CD player like a Yamaha CDN301 or CDNT670D and a pair of active speakers like the Edifier S2000 Pro which can take the output from the CD player.

 

[manicm]

I may have an alternative, albeit moderately powered system. I purchased the Denon Ceol N10 system with supplied speakers (no brainer). Said speakers have great clarity but slightly lacking in bass. My thinking is one may get say, B&W 607s to work nicely with this brilliant little box. And then you have an all singing, fully connected little system for around a grand. You should pick up the N10 for around 400 quid with the speakers, maybe with some haggling.