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Originally Posted by 356racing
Have you considered a Sonos Connect? Uses wi-fi to stream radio or music and to connect a smart phone or iPod touch as a remote. 2 channel output and 1 input.
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Got one for $200 and quite happy with it.
The connect works surprisingly well, but like most other devices (streaming devices, receivers, etc.) , has a crappy DAC.
The Connect is a better choice than the bundled amp from Sonos.
Bundled with this,
Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus | Sweetwater.com
you can make MP3's sound fantastic
You can also use a Mac Mini instead of the Sonos, if you want to stream from your ipod,laptop,iphone, etc, via AirPlay.
The Connect has all of the rhapsody, line-in, NPR, spotify, iheartradio, mog, slacker, amazon cloud, etc. etc. built in. Also seamlessly plays your network shares of ripped CD's flac files, etc. you can go analog line out for reasonable quality, or use the digital out to a decent DAC like the Cambridge .. and the Cambridge has balanced audio out so it is perfect for decent bi-amplified studio monitors
I have the JBL6328P ? - it is an amazing sound at a great price (if you shop / ebay/ etc.)
you only need a $20 CD player as long as you have a decent DAC, but best is to just have a drive to rip all of your CD's to. (or multiple drives, multiple computers, etc.)