Don’t know about the quality of the nuFunk but that reads as better than built-in. The Meridian Explorer should be better than the TV, STB or PC built-in audio.That implies upgrading the Asus VivoPC to a bigger/quieter SSD.

It seems sensible to use MC as the DMS instead of the UPNP on the Seagate.

I could use JRiver remote on my phone as CP. If that was too noisy, I could put it back in my workroom and use something I read about in Hi-Fi News, the wonderfully-named Nubert nuFunk (German site ) which for about 150 Euro will get the data stream from the VivoPC/MC wirelessly to a receiver/DAC at the hi-fi. If I put this in the main room, could use the TV as display and add my Meridian Explorer DAC (should be better than in-built PC audio). I have an Asus VivoPC (quiet but not fanless) which I got for testing stuff and I could get a 1TB SSD (to reduce noise), configure MC as a server and use that as the main music store. There are things like the microRendu (which needs an external DAC and it’s not exactly budget).

I’ve not been able to find a DMR/DAC which I can put on the network, connect to the hi-fi and use MC (on tablet or laptop) to send audio to it. If I use my tablet as a CP (control point), I can play from the UPNP to the Humax but can’t use transcode. I have a Sony TV and a Humax STB, both of which can connect to the network and read the files on the UPNP server built-in to my NAS (Seagate) – but their browsing / GUI is not the best and they don’t do FLAC. So I need a DMR (renderer), a DMS (server) and a connection. Basic issue is analogue hi-fi in the main room needs connecting to my music files. I’ve got a number of overlapping things I want to sort out. I’ve checked the wiki and the examples and read the past few threads in Media Network which seem to cover related ground. Hallo, thanks to the advice here, I think I can define my network question better.

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