Re: Anthem or other to replace a Marantz 5009?
Originally Posted by
curtis
That's just it...why use something like Plex/JRiver, if you didn't have to? One high quality device to play all media...the Oppo! BTW...JRiver software is pretty cheap. I have a JRiver iD...a Linux box specific for JRiver, it was around $250 total, and the user interface on the iPhone/iPad is very nice, almost Roon like.
That's an interesting question for sure. I have asked myself that and it came down to the fact that I have my computer on 90% of the time anyway so I may as well make it my media server at the same time for whatever devices I want to access it on. When I'm on my other system I usually just plug my iPhone in and go direct to the receiver's iPhone input with my Bandcamp app or podcasts.
One of these days when I have a lot of spare time and cash (when will that day come already?!) I'd like to mess around with a Raspberry Pi from HiFiBerry and set it up as a music server or just a music player with a 7" or so touchscreen. It would look really cool in my theater and I could even get some different home automation stuff running on it if I really wanted to.
-Alex
PS4/Nvidia Shield --> Emotiva XMC-1 --> Emotiva XPA-5 --> Ascend Acoustics Sierra Towers and Horizon Center w/ RAAL tweeters (L/C/R), HTM-200 SE (Surrounds), 2x Rythmik F12 subwoofers