Great topic Chris 1970I have absolutely no fu***** clue about 5.1 content streaming from a NAS but apparently the No 1 Surround Expert here in this forum managed to get a painless solution up and running:
Link to the thread from Sep 2020: https://www.hifiwigwam.com/forum/th...l-katalyst-surround-system.96184/post-1949299
Thank you Jens for you kind support
It was a bit of work, but this year, I managed to rip my whole collection of SACD’s And DVD Audio discs in 5.1. I have not been able to rip my DTS discs and am considering buying a BluRay ripper for my BluRay 5.1 music concert discs. Perhaps that would be a good winter project.
A bit of an update since I posted on that thread.
I now use a Klimax DSM/3 Hub, which has further enhanced the sound quality of streaming 5.1 content from my NAS through my OPPO 203. Playing 5.1 discs through the OPPO 203 can be a slightly warmer sound than streaming the same discs through the NAS, but with my upgrades to the Klimax and network components, the musical enjoyment is virtually identical. I almost always choose to stream my 5.1 content, compared to spinning a disc.
Another winter project will be to catalog all my 5.1 discs on Discogs, to get an idea of what my 5.1 collection is worth.
For stereo music, I stream from my NAS and also from Tidal. I find the sound quality of music on the NAS is slightly better than Tidal, but again, does not detract from my enjoyment of the music at all listening to Tidal. We don’t have Qobuz in Canada, and unlikely to ever get it
One of my audio buddies here had all his music on his RIPNAS, but then was introduced to Tidal. The sound quality for his RIPNAS was marginally better on his RIPNAS than on Tidal, but he decided to shut down the RIPNAS and streams music exclusively though Tidal now.