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Other Gear => Digital => Topic started by: Sugar Man on October 09, 2016, 01:29:48 PM

Title: Tubes & Digital, Done Dirt Cheap.
Post by: Sugar Man on October 09, 2016, 01:29:48 PM
Well, the wife and daughter have taken to Spotify, and I have to say, it's really nice having fingertip access to everything.  So after a little research here on Bottlehead I decided to give a $65 (refurbished) Airport Express a chance with the Stereomour.  Wow.  Sounds pretty darn good, and you have total control of your music and volume from your iPhone or iPad.  Plus full family dance parties...   
Title: Re: Tubes & Digital, Done Dirt Cheap.
Post by: Rocketman248 on October 09, 2016, 09:46:11 PM
I may have to check that out.  I've been using my Apple TV, but that's limited to stuff I have on my iTunes library.  It'd be nice to stream Spotify and the like into my system.
Title: Re: Tubes & Digital, Done Dirt Cheap.
Post by: JamieMcC on October 10, 2016, 06:00:00 AM
I may have to check that out.  I've been using my Apple TV, but that's limited to stuff I have on my iTunes library.  It'd be nice to stream Spotify and the like into my system.

You should be able to stream spotify to your Apple TV via itunes using the air play feature then take a digital out from the Apple TV into your dac. Spotify works for me this way via iphone & ipad I havn't tried from the pc yet. Its handy feature to have for sure.
Title: Re: Tubes & Digital, Done Dirt Cheap.
Post by: Audio Islander on October 10, 2016, 11:14:56 AM
Have you looked into http://www.runeaudio.com/ (http://www.runeaudio.com/)?

Very nice interface and give you a nice Airplay compatible network streamer running on a RasberryPi.  A RasberryPi is only $40 and you can get a decent I2S DAC for it for $40-$70, with option in the future to get a better DAC.  Currently you have to use another device to through AirPlay to use streaming services like Spotify or TIDAL, but they are currently adding built in support of these services.