HiFi Rose RS201E Integrated amp and Network Streamer (silver)

High-fidelity sound at your fingertips Connect your favorite speakers and feel your way around the full color 8.8-inch touchscreen display. After a few minutes experimenting with HiFi Rose's RS201E, you may wonder why more streaming components don't have touchscreens. It has easy app control, but all you need to get started is this unit and your favorite set of speakers. This versatile component is an integrated amp, streamer, DAC, and preamp, all rolled into one. And HiFi Rose's onboard customized Android(tm) OS gives it a user-friendliness that will feel familiar to mobile users in general. Audiophiles will appreciate its authoritative but smooth sound. I also love the cool touchscreen features, like the functional virtual back panel for switching inputs and outputs and the virtual VU meters. Easy control I grew up playing vinyl, and then CDs. Streaming was a hard sell, but at this point I see it as an amazing - sometimes overwhelming - and necessary asset. App control across the different platforms isn't always intuitive - it's still the main reason my wife rarely opts for streaming music when she's picking out something to play. The RS201E feels different. It connects to your internet via Ethernet or built-in Wi-Fi. The interface is user-friendly whether you're using its front-panel touchscreen apps and volume/mute toggle, or the free RoseConnect app for Apple? and Android devices. It organizes your different sources - from streaming services including TIDAL, Qobuz, and Spotify, to music files stored in one of its onboard options or your NAS server - in a way that feels almost Roon -like. (By the way, this player is also a Roon endpoint.) You can also use Apple AirPlay? to control the streamer, or the included Bluetooth remote. Free automatic updates make sure it keeps pace with evolving tech and its expanding capabilities. High-res down to the femtosecond What I really love about the RS201E is that it stays out of your way. It's true of the interface, and