The source that replaces the disc · review
A dedicated network player that names its DAC — a Wolfson part — which is unusual enough to be the reason to choose it.
The bottom line A dedicated streamer that names its converter — bought to add streaming to an amplifier that will outlive it.
The streaming section is the part of any modern system that ages fastest. Services change their licensing, apps are withdrawn, protocols are added. An amplifier does none of that. Keeping the two in separate boxes means the fast-ageing half can be replaced for a fraction of the system’s cost.
A Wolfson DAC, named. That means the conversion stage has a published specification from its own manufacturer. Almost no listing in this catalogue names the part it is built around, and where one does, the claim becomes checkable.
The maximum sample rate, and whether DSD is handled. On a digital source those are the specification, and their absence means this player cannot be compared on the numbers that matter to it.
Spotify Connect is named. Which other services run is a licensing question, and it is worth checking the ones you subscribe to on the maker’s own page rather than on the listing.
Its own analogue output into an amplifier input, if you trust the Wolfson stage; or a digital output into an amplifier with a better DAC. Having both options is what a separate streamer gives you.
On sale at around 319 € on the German Amazon store at the time of checking.
Listed but with no offer on the British, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.
Not found on the American and French Amazon stores, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Type | Network player — stated |
|---|---|
| DAC | Wolfson — stated by name |
| Streaming | Spotify Connect and other services — stated |
| Build | Aluminium front panel — stated |
| Maximum sample rate | Not stated in this listing |
| Amazon reference | B09SM1SX87 (same reference on 4 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 4018843955087 |
Because it is the part that turns a stream into an analogue signal, and its manufacturer publishes its own specification. A named part can be researched; an unnamed one is a claim. Very few listings at any price name theirs.
A separate streamer is the part of a system that ages fastest, because streaming support is a licensing agreement rather than hardware. Keeping it separate means it can be replaced in five years without replacing the amplifier — which is the argument for this box over an all-in-one.
Internet radio · DAB tuner · Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · Spotify
An internet radio with a receiver's connections — which makes it a streamer for a household whose main use is radio rather than a music library.
Best for: A kitchen, a study or a second room where radio is the main use and streaming is a bonus.
≈ £160 / 159 €
150 W per channel stated · network player · Bluetooth aptX HD · AirPlay 2 · Chromecast built in · HDMI ARC
An amplifier and a network player in one chassis, with 150 W per channel stated — the only product in this catalogue that is both a serious amplifier and a serious streamer.
Best for: A living room where one box has to be the whole system — television, phone, streaming and a pair of good speakers.
≈ £1999 / 2290 €
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth · AirPlay · DLNA · UPnP · internet radio · NAS playback · optical and 3.5 mm outputs
A multiroom receiver with an unusually long protocol list — AirPlay, DLNA, UPnP and NAS playback — which is what lets it fit into a network that already exists.
Best for: A household with music on a network drive, where the streaming should not depend on a subscription service.
≈ 129 €
