Low cost beginners streamer

[speakertom]

I have been using Daphile to run my two music servers and have been quite happy. Occasionally we will have people over that want to hear some music selections I don't have on my NAS. They are things I would not normally listen too but for the purpose of demonstration they are usually on Spotify. Daphile has an app written by one of the users that will allow use of Spotify with Daphile but I have been unable to get it to work even remotely like the Spotify app on my PC. I finally gave up trying and found a low cost streamer that will connect to any audio system. In addition to Spotify, it will stream Qobuz, tidal, Amazon and others. The price was right and setup was very easy. I'm sure there are better streamers out there, but to get your feet wet, this may be the way to go for some of you.

Tom





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[Chris]

I think you should try HiFiBerry OS. It supports Spotify and a lot more. You can run it on Raspberry PI with or without screen. Of course, there is Volumio and others. Take a look at my video for some ideas.

[speakertom]

Chris:

Interesting approach but the piece I bought is really easy to set up and use.  You just connect it to your audio equipment either with the supplied Toslink digital cable or analog 3.5mm or RCA jacks, download a free app on your phone, and it plays.  Spotify recognizes it as an supported player so working with it in Spotify is just like any other device.  I have not tried it with any other supported services like Qobuz, Tidal, Amazon, etc.  Today I listened to it all day on my main system while working on my laptop and the sound was quite good.  If I were in a DIY mood for a streamer I might go with what you suggested, but I was just looking for a fast, simple way to stream on my main system and this fits the bill nicely.

Tom