Hmmm.. I see the latest post pre-dates the Amazon HD/UHD Music service, and the little Fire 7 $30 (on-sale) tablet which can stream it lossless (to, say, a Topping D10 and an Atom) while accepting a 512gb sd card.. Or same w/o the D10 using an LG V20..
Sure is sounding 'lossy' is obsolete (ok, deprecated) to me.
Next? Bluetooth... Why have bt 2.4g streaming to a 'receiver' of any sort, when I can directly analog wire it via the 3.5mm on a $30 Fire 7 and remotely control it? Maybe bt headphones at the gym, or bt headphones for your kid watching TV.. But for 'serious music listening'? Why?
So, given these devices, and 5.0gb wifi, decent Internet, is bt obsolete for 'serious music listening'?