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SREAMING???

Starting to look around for a Hi Rez music server.($2000 or less)
 I'm new to this game and not the best with computers, I have a few questions.
1) All-in-one unit with ripper or rip from PC? ( Only connection to computer is a 50' cat 6 ethernet cable)
2) Will this long cable cause problems with streaming and/or ripping?
3) Is an external hard drive OK for storing music? 
4) Is Tidal the only streaming service that streams in true Hi Rez?
5) Can you download music that is streamed and store it in the streaming unit or external hard drive?
 Interested in the Sony HAPZ1ES. It seems like a pretty solid piece. (Has 1tb of internal storage but would need more eventually - at least 4 to 6 tb)
Also very interested in Roon But not sure how it works or what I need to run that system.
Very open to suggestions for other options.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help😎

arcam88

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brayeagle
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Good idea

After trying streaming, I've gone back to my classical  CDs
(Spinning a  Bryston BCD-3)
Streaming may be  OK for  other than classical music, but too  much is lost for most classical when the  music is compressed into an MP3 equivalent and compressed for  dynamic range.
brayeagle
206 posts
 
phillyb

Gotta' agree.  There are  about 40 versions of the Verdi Requiem available on  CDs (I have six of them) along with many versions of the Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius, Bruckner, Mozart, Dvorak,etc., symphonies, concertos, chorales,and strings.    I collect what I like, and I suppose you do, also. 
Aside from SQ limitations, not all versions of a specific work can be found on streaming.  You take what they have to offer. Not Good.
Gave up  my vinyl, but duplicated almost all of them with CDs.
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