In Reply to: Streaming audio newbie in need of help posted by gme109 on August 5, 2017 at 19:12:12:
So here goes...
Yes, ethernet is WAY better if you can do that.
Yes, the computer in your office can do EVERYTHING. All you need to do is hook up a 'cheap buy GOOD streamer' in the basement, plus a DAC with a S/PDIF input, an AMP and speakers of your choice and you are golden.
That 'cheap but good' streamer can be nothing more elaborate than a Raspberry Pi with a S/PDIF board like either the HiFiBerry Digi+, Digi+ Pro or the Allo DigiOne. About $100 total and you cobble it together without and soldering. Flash a micro SD card with free software and you are up and running.
Then download a free copy of Logitech Media Player onto your computer and you can stream ANYTHING on that computer plus TIDAL to the streamer in the basement hooked up via S/PDIF to your DAC of choice. Computer must be on and Logitech Media player must be running in the background. Just tell it where the music is stored and that's it.
Everything can be controlled by a tablet of even a phone as long as it's on the same network.
If Ivan can do it, so can you.
First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass
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Follow Ups
- OK, the person least qualified to answer your question would be me.... - Ivan303 20:23:25 08/05/17 (6)
- RE: OK, the person least qualified to answer your question would be me.... - gme109 07:31:51 08/06/17 (5)
- Yep, that's you get the music from your computer.... - Ivan303 08:48:20 08/06/17 (4)
- RE: Yep, that's you get the music from your computer.... - gme109 11:42:55 08/06/17 (2)
- RE: Yep, that's you get the music from your computer.... - PAR 14:08:59 08/06/17 (0)
- Not Really .......................... - Cut-Throat 11:52:54 08/06/17 (0)
- "inmates here who are 'experts' and pretend to help"........ - Cut-Throat 09:16:09 08/06/17 (0)