How do you use your streamer?

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tanelpld

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Hey! I have been working on a little software project lately, and basically just gathering ideas.

I'm interested in what different ways you use your streamer devices/softwares?

For example... Myself, it's mostly about finding artists and albums from Tidal and keeping albums in favourites lib.
Playing whole albums usually. Don't care much for creating playlists. But sure occasional daily discoveries list and local radio or two. I like to pick up where I was left off, so no matter the device it's the same screen. I like nerdy stuff - it always shows the bitrate, sample rate, file format, cpu usage, you name it. It's a progressive web app for me, custom. Running it on a cheap small computer in local wifi. USB connects to a professional level sound card that goes directly to power amp. Controlling the sound cards hardware volume from the app.

Just few general questions that come to mind...
Do you control streaming from multiple devices?
Do you use the device provided app?
Volume control?
Remote control?
On device screen and controls?
Is there multiple profiles in family for the same streamer device?
What's important in a streamer for you: streaming services, local files, playlists, recommendations, building an album library, discovering new music, radios, you name it...
How do you connect to DAC?

Would be cool to hear :)

Cheers!
 
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I have two systems and use them both somewhat similarly, albeit with different streamer/dac combos.
In my main system, for more "critical" listening, I use a MacBook Pro M4 that I have set up as a plex server and also stream Apple Music into a Schiit Bifrost 2/64 via USB. In this case, I mostly use my preamp's remote, although occasionally, I'll use the Remote App on my phone. For casual listening, I stream from either an iOS device or a laptop with Airplay to Apple TV with an HDMI to TOSLINK connection to my Bifrost.

My second system uses a WiiM Pro to stream Apple Music, Plex or files from my MacBook & iOS devices via Airplay, as well as from the laptop to the WiiM via optical cable and into the RCA ports from the headphone out. I use the WiiM as a preamp, into an Emotiva Mini-x a100 amp.

Increasingly, I'm becoming concerned with UX- I've used Apple Music/iTunes for 25 years and it has degraded considerably, even more so with the most recent iteration,
 
Do you control streaming from multiple devices? Yes
Do you use the device provided app? Yes
Volume control? Main system volume control
Remote control? Main system volume control
On device screen and controls? No
Is there multiple profiles in family for the same streamer device? No
What's important in a streamer for you: streaming services, local files, playlists, recommendations,
building an album library, discovering new music, radios, you name it... streaming internet radio, playing local files and playlists I've
created, finding new music, enjoying my library, adding to my library and mixing up the presentation including multiple genres.
How do you connect to DAC? via Optical
 
The ones I use most are Daphile on a small PC or Tidal on my phone.

Stream files from a NAS mostly on Daphile. Access the Daphile web server interface from phone, tablet, pc, whatever can bring up the interface pages when you hit the IP.

Sometimes I use the plain old analog output. Sometimes use a USB-connected DAC.

For the phone it's connecting by USB or BT to car audio, or USB DAC for headphones or analog out.
 
I use a streaming service right now....Spotify Premium lossless via wifi through a Chromebook laptop, then USB-C to my DAC, and I use my PC laptop as a controller. I do have volume control through the Spotify app. I mostly create playlists and shuffle those, but can also listen to albums, or download music.

There might be a streamer in my future, or a raspberry pi, as either can accept an ethernet connection.
 
Currently, I own three WiiM devices, two Pro Pus and one Ultra. The Ultra connects to a Cambridge Dac Magic 200 with USB. I’ve four 2 channel systems that I rotate. Also had a Node2i.
 
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