Streamer suggestions

[herculepirate]

Do you have any suggestions for a streamer.
Streamer that does TIDAL, SPOTIFY, ROON (Possibly) and Squeezelite (only because I can cast from iPeng) for the music from my Logitech Media Server.
Open to suggestions on other Audio Server Softwares...
Wanna stay within $500 or so...

 

[ahofer]

Raspberry Pi with RopieeXL wont do Spotify, but should cover the rest.

Cambridge Audio will do all but Squeezelite.

 

[MaxBuck]

Stretch a bit more and you're in Bluesound Node territory.

 

[ctbarker32]

$15 and some sweat equity will get you there with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Use left over funds to buy or upgrade to a SOTA DAC and your are done. See video for details.

 

[herculepirate]

@ctbarker32
This is so awesome. Will try the DietPi. Strange but never features in searches on Google.

 

[ahofer]

Anyone able to get a Pi these days? I was going to try out a pi Zero 2 W in a Ropiee streamer but they are priced like graphics processors, relatively ($70+)

 

[somebodyelse]

If you can't find a Pi there's always the use thin client or old PC option - install daphile and set it to use your existing LMS instance rather than the included one. It'll start a squeezelite instance for each audio output it finds, and you can enable brutefir in the advanced settings if you want to do room correction. The last thin client I picked up was <£20. Volumio also has a PC version if you want to try something different, but you might need to be careful about the size of the internal flash drive as thin client ones are typically small. Some have space inside for SATA drives, or can take an M2 drive with an adapter.

 

[mudy]

iFi stream, bluesound node or buy chromecast audio on eBay. I use raspberry pi with ropieee but it doesn’t support tidal connect only through roon.

 

[tom_tom]

Wiim Mini thick few boxes

 

[herculepirate]

@mudy
iFi Zen Stream, seems a great option.
Wonder if it can play networked audio from an LMS

 

[mudy]

@mudy
iFi Zen Stream, seems a great option.
Wonder if it can play networked audio from an LMS

I don’t have this device, but from its description I guess not. There is a free program for bridging from LMS to UPnP, it might work though.

 

[Brantome]

Old thread, but WiiM Pro now is Roon Ready and expecting a beta firmware this week with a Squeezelite client, PEQ, and Airplay/Sonos casting…