One box or two

[Scaffy]

So, been thinking about one box system as I mainly listen to streaming now. I'd go as far as about £2,800 for a streaming amp. Looking at the usual suspects, Arcam SA30, CA Evo 75 and 150 and Uniti Atom just to name a few. But I'm kinda not wanting to give up on my Creek Evo 2 amp as it's been great the 12 years or so I've had it. Sounds great with my Dali Oberon 5s. My question and I know I know I'll need to audition, but would keeping my amp and getting a streamer say around £1000 mark (currently using Blusound Node 2i, older version) be better than outlay on say a 2.5k amp streamer. Or even upgrading with an external DAC

 

[Juzzie Wuzzie]

Wait until the new NAD / Cambridge Audio products are reviewed and make a decision post that? If what you have sounds great, why change that element (at great cost) when your streaming "upgrade" could be achieved without such a large outlay?

 

[Scaffy]

Thanks for the reply. I won't be upgrading for a wee while yet as still putting funds together. I do like the sound but feel could be better. More of a question for when I eventually upgrade. As I just wanted some opinions from different perspective to explore

 

[Al ears]

So, been thinking about one box system as I mainly listen to streaming now. I'd go as far as about £2,800 for a streaming amp. Looking at the usual suspects, Arcam SA30, CA Evo 75 and 150 and Uniti Atom just to name a few. But I'm kinda not wanting to give up on my Creek Evo 2 amp as it's been great the 12 years or so I've had it. Sounds great with my Dali Oberon 5s. My question and I know I know I'll need to audition, but would keeping my amp and getting a streamer say around £1000 mark (currently using Blusound Node 2i, older version) be better than outlay on say a 2.5k amp streamer. Or even upgrading with an external DAC

In my opinion, yes, keep that amp and buy this :-

AURALiC Aries Mini Streamer

ARIES MINI is a wireless streaming node and DAC designed for your existing audio system supporting DSD and DXD.

www.iglooaudio.co.uk

That, or buy this...

AURALiC POLARIS Wireless Streaming Amplifier from Vickers HiFi

AURALiC POLARIS Wireless Streaming Amplifier from Vickers HiFi

www.vickershifi.com

 

[Scaffy]

Cheers, worth a look as well.