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Bluesound powernode 2. Truly 1 box with streamer dac amplifier all inclusive. I have 3 and stream synchronised hirez music through the house. For those proacs she may need new nad 368 and get the plug in bluos module.

Theres a new review for its lower specced sibling on NAD C 368 review | What Hi-Fi? Take the review with a pinch of salt though... depending on how much creds you give to whathifi :-)

Sorry buddy. I ditched the sm6. Got the ps audio perfectwave dac with opals. Then finally ditched them all and got the Kef x300a. I'm not changing these kefs unless they make a model with optical inputs. They are nearly ls50 clones! Amazing sound for peanuts

Yep. +1 for the mojo

Hey folks. Did anyone finally get some comparison of these 3 speakers? KEF x300a, Yamaha n500, or audioengine HD6. It seems the KEF has the most glowing review of all the 3 speakers so far??

I actually don't have a jriver licence for my qnap install. But it reminds me every time with a popup saying I have only a 1 month trial which will expire soon. To be honest, I haven't done any critical listening with USB vs DLNA yet. I'm just glad it works since USB is a more stable connection than DLNA over wifi (which I'm using) Also correct me if I'm wrong... I'm not sure JRMC dsp studio works over DLNA

Sorry I was actually wrong. Under HD station settings you can change the audio output from hdmi to USB. Once you do this, JRMC plays through USB successfully. I just tried it now!

The short answer is you can only launch JRMC by attaching a monitor or TV to your NAS HDMI output. After you've installed and launched it, you can control it using Jremote. If you want to make JRMC config changes, you can load the QNAP JRMC library unto any other computer (with JRMC installed) on your LAN OR you can connect a monitor/TV to QNAP HDMI and make changes directly to the Local JRMC Server running in HD station

The USB Output was the holy grail I was looking for but sorry buddy. It doesn't work that way on qnap. The qnap JRMC plays on your TV through the HD station HDMI interface not on your headless NAS. Same as Spotify. So your sound output options are hdmi, 3.5mm jack or DLNA to your speakers. DLNA is best Correct me if I'm wrong but I think USB audio from qnap NAS is only possible using their proprietary musicstation app.

Seems to be a fully featured version too. Except for the loss of all http and web content!

I installed it yesterday. Sounds good. But not as good as my desktop rig. Please don't ask me why! The internet radio doesn't work because weblinks are not supported. But it's a really good first version. Jremote works great with it as well

Just like all of us here, I'd always tinkered with my sound system. I started with lowly but mighty beresford DACs, Cambridge Audio components (amps, CD etc) and mordaunt short speakers before getting better components like the Transporter/SBT, schiit gungnir, LFD Mark IV, then Mono Blocks, the Lavardin IS (for 2 weeks only!) Proac Tritowers then ending up with the amazing Proac D80. That was a few many years back. So last year, I sold all my gear due to a "life event" and 3 months ago, started from scratch. I wanted simplicity (minimal tinkering) and the fewest possible components in the chain from source to speakers. Maximum of 2 components. I also wanted an involving, smooth, musical yet resolving system. Now, after A LOT of researching, I decided the PS Audio Perfectwave (PWD) DAC (with bridge) and Event Opals OR Genelec 8260A were the best combo. PWD because it has streamer, DAC, preamp and balanced (XLR) and the opals... because well... they sound incredible for the price (and have room EQ to compenaste for my very minimally treated room). Considering the PWD was on promo sale for just $2000 until last year, getting a mint PWD in the UK for £1500 was near impossible! I tried for 3 months. So I got myself a Cambridge audio Stream Magic 6 v2 to tide me over while waiting for a PWD to turn up. I also got myself a pair of Adam A7X while waiting for the Event Opals to turn up. Both value purchases with quite acceptable performance for the money. ----------------- DAPS -> SPEAKERS DIRECT Before the stream Magic, I connected my DAPs (Ibasso DX90 and AK100) through Y cable -XLR direct into my Adams and they sounded beautiful! The music flowed with emotion. I would have happily got the new AK120 II with its remote control and be done with it as my primary source! But I needed spotify (don't do Qobuz), internet radio (I love Psychomed Audiophile Live stream) and more functionality. ------------------ STREAM MAGIC 6 V2 Hence the SM6, the CA SM6 is a very good machine for all its possible uses. It's truly the swiss army knife of streamers. It does everything effortlessly. I'm suprised its sounds this good with all the circuitry and functions it has! But alas, I found (to my ears) the sound is a bit lean and a bit harsh "Hi-fi". It lacked the smoothness and full body I was used to. My FLAC library and Spotify (on extreme) didnt get my toe tapping. But the iphone app was a breeze to use. Late night radio was good to have but the sound just left me wanting ---------------- PIONEER N-70A-K So last week, I ordered the pioneer N-70A-K which TBH was a noticable improvement over the SM6. More body, slam, heft and warmth to the music. Instruments were clearly placed and the music came through with more emotion. I could live with the Pioneer. It had only been playing for 5 hours, so it would get better as I tweaked it and it settled in. The only problem was... I'm a couch potato and for £999 retail, it has no preamp and I need a volume control. The pioneer is going back in a few days. ------------------------------ CONCLUSION My Opals are due this week, so I can't wait to hear these with the pioneer and my DAPs. TBH, I think I'll never be truly happy with the SM6. I would have loved the usual suspects Naim UnitiQute or the NAD etc but they sadly dont have full combo of streamer, DAC, preamp and balanced (XLR) outputs. I considered the Linn Streamer, but its wayyy out of my budget. I'm sure I'll still updgrade to the PWD or the upcoming CA 851N (maybe?)... the minimalist search continues…

Im on Mavericks with a 2013 MacMini. Just installed the v1.2.2 version but answered no to disabling startup deamons. Screen share works fine, so Im going to step through the startup deamon lines one by one. Slow and steady

In all my experiences, Ethernet LAN seems to trump wireless. I think it has something to do with available bandwidth for music file transfer.