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In Reply to: RE: Choosing The Right Receiver posted by GoPanthers on February 07, 2016 at 13:34:17
Your budget and specification will make it hard to find something these days if you only want stereo and not an AV receiver but do want radio, a DAC and Bluetooth in the box. Most new receivers are 7 channel for AV whereas used stereo receivers from the past will not have any digital facilities.
Do you really need the FM/AM radio facility of a receiver (remember that you may also be able to stream radio stations) or would you be happy with an integrated amplifier? Do you really need the amp to incorporate a DAC and/or Bluetooth for streaming or would you be prepared to add a Bluetooth receiver and a DAC later? So would it be OK to have a just astereo receiver with a phono input for now? Or a stereo amp with digital facilities but no radio?
I am asking to see if there is any flexibilty in what you want.
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But he also said that he could stream music through a wired connection, so a vintage receiver would be fine, a fact that others who replied seemed to notice.
Sorry to be tiresome but I have already pointed out that streaming means a digital stream. An analogue connection is simply "playing to/from". Otherwise we have all been "streaming " since the invention of electrical recording 90 years ago. I mean you wouldn't speak of streaming from a turntable,cassette tape recorder or FM tuner.
So as the OP asked to stream then I would look for a digital solution as that is is what the word means. A wired connection in this context means USB , co-axial etc. The OP clearly appreciates this as he asks for streaming by Bluetooth as an alternative. Bluetooth is an alternative method to digital wired whereas an analogue connection is not.
Had he said instead that he just wants to play music from his computer through the receiver then that would have been different and could include a computer headphone output to analogue input (even if technically it is usually not the optimum solution).
Nope. Streaming refers to something very specific, as per the following definition which is available easily:
"Streaming Music, or more accurately known as streaming audio, is a way of delivering sound without the need to download files of different audio formats. Music services such as Spotify use this method to provide songs that can be enjoyed on all types of different devices.
So streaming is about how the music gets to you, not about how you listen to it via your electronics. When I plug my phone into my preamp (but only in emergencies) I'm still streaming music even though a cable is being used. It's not complicated.
Thanks for the replies so far. I'm likely not using the right vernacular. If I want to play something from the radio, I'll probably do so through a streaming service. The only real requirements I have are:
1. Can plug in 2 speakers. Might add a center channel one day.
2. Can hook up my turntable.
3. Can play music from my laptop via bluetooth or plugged in.
So yes there is flexibility. I'm not looking for something that I can use for home theatre or surround sound. This will be used in a relatively small room.
OK, I am going to recommend a NAD digital network amp. It is the more powerful of the two that they make which may be needed with your Bose speakers.
You will see that it doesn't cater for LP. I think that a combination of phono input plus DAC/Bluetooth may be asking too much ( you'll tend to get one or the other). But that isn't a problem. You just need to add a little outboard phono stage such as the ones from Pro-ject.
This should keep you within a few hundred dollars.
I have done a little further research and found that it doesn't have any analogue inputs which means that the phono input cannot be connected. So I'll change to the very similar but slighly lower powered NAD D-3020 which does have the input to which you couple the outboard phonostage. Power will be fine unless you have a large room to fill or want play in a small room at ear bleeding levels.Let's also see if any of the other inmates can find something else that meets your needs.
Edits: 02/08/16
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