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[PaulieTes]

Hello,
I am using J River Media Center 21 and I am thinking of upgrading. It's a testament to the great engineers at J River that this old software is still working with Windows 11.

I have a HiFi music system with turntable, CD player and a ADC/DAC. I have an NAS drive on my home network with over 6,000 songs. Most of the music files are in FLAC format, digitized at 24/96K. I currently stream music wirelessly from the NAS drive using Media Center. I can also listen to internet radio stations with this setup.

However, my PC has to be in the same room as my music system because it is plugged into the ADC/DAC. I am looking to wirelessly stream music from my PC directly to the music system. Maybe a wireless DAC or something else. Most of the wireless DACs I have seen, are designed to stream music from music subscription services and several also want to do it using a cell phone. Since I already have music I don't want to use a subscription service. I want to use the PC with Media Center to stream music.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks for your help.
Paul

[dtc]

I use a Wiim Pro to connect MC to a DAC in a different room. It has coax and optical output, but no usb. You can connect to it from MC via DLNA. The DLNA renderer looks like any other output device in MC.  You only need to use your phone for setup.  Optionally,  you can use your phone to stream from services like Tidal, Qobuz, etc. if you wish. It has an internal DAC, but by using coax or optical output it bypasses the internal DAC. The digital out is limited to 24/192 and it does not pass DSD. But for PCM at 24/192 or less it works fine.

The description emphasizes all it streaming cabablities, but it is a very good DLNA renderer also.

https://www.amazon.com/WiiM-Pro-Chromecast-Multiroom-Compatible/dp/B0BJDY6D1W?th=1