​An innovative, new network streamer that fills the gap between standalone streamers and audio PCs, combining the advantages of both. The key feature of the network streamer – which uses a Raspberry Pi microcomputer – is that it works with any operating system that runs on Raspberry, therefore you can always choose your preferred software. With the external SD card or SSD drive slot, the operating system is easily changeable, without the need to disassemble the unit. Still, it is important to note that software installation is not required, since three SD cards or SSD drives are provided with pre-installed operating systems, namely Volumio, Audirvana and Roon Bridge.
Volumio and Audirvana provide standalone streamer functionality and Roon Bridge provides Roon endpoint functionality, so the device could be used in Roon infrastructure as a renderer. All three pre-installed systems work properly with the audio output and internal screen of the device.
Additionally, the streamer can be used with any other operating system like Moode, PiCorePlayer, AudioLinux and even HQPlayer.
This flexibility in choosing the operating software ensures longevity – if the support ends for any previously installed software, you could easily switch to another.
This freedom, however, also means that the device does not come with any paid licenses, and customers need to subscribe to services in order to gain full functionality. The device supports the following services:
- direct Qobuz streaming
- direct Tidal streaming
- direct Tidal streaming controlled by Tidal connect
- direct Spotify streaming
- direct Youtube streaming, Youtube Cast
- direct Youtube Music streaming
- Airplay
- Bluetooth
- playing from local network, NAS
- playing from USB drive