Advice on network/WiFi streaming needed.
Currently using a cheap and cheerful Google Chromecast (connected to Aux 1 of my recently acquired Marantz 7200) to access Spotify and occasionally web radio and a direct cable connection from my phone to access Apple Play - as Apple doesn’t work with Chromecast.
Apart from the faff, I would also like to (obviously) maximise sound quality, especially using lossless Apple Music files. As the 7200 predates streaming and doesn’t have a DAC, I am limited by the CCA and - especially - inbuilt iPhone DACs.
So I am thinking that for both sound quality and ease a network streamer with built in DAC could be the best solution and wondering which one to go for amongst the budget-friendly ones (Wiim Pro/Pro Plus or Node 2i - which I can find second hand at around the same price as the Wiim).
Thoughts?
Currently using a cheap and cheerful Google Chromecast (connected to Aux 1 of my recently acquired Marantz 7200) to access Spotify and occasionally web radio and a direct cable connection from my phone to access Apple Play - as Apple doesn’t work with Chromecast.
Apart from the faff, I would also like to (obviously) maximise sound quality, especially using lossless Apple Music files. As the 7200 predates streaming and doesn’t have a DAC, I am limited by the CCA and - especially - inbuilt iPhone DACs.
So I am thinking that for both sound quality and ease a network streamer with built in DAC could be the best solution and wondering which one to go for amongst the budget-friendly ones (Wiim Pro/Pro Plus or Node 2i - which I can find second hand at around the same price as the Wiim).
Thoughts?