NAS question
 

Is a NAS the best way to "feed" a streamer/network player ? This is in comparison to playing files directly off an internal HD inside a streamer/network player ?

When I say better..I'm referring to sound quality, and over all smoother operation ?

Also, my router is in close proximity to my audio system. Would I need to relocate a NAS to an area away from my listening /gear area ? Because of noise.

Also, If your going to exclusively use a NAS as your music source, should I purposely purchase a streamer/network player without any internal HD ?

Any and all help is much appreciated. I'm a long time audiophile who understands analogue, digital...not so much.

Thanks in advance.

IMHO, yes.

Yup.

Yup.

Yes but you cannot do that with noisy internal HD, can you?

Probably.

Thanks Kal...just trying to do this right.

The only exception I would make is that, if your collection was small enough to put on an SSD that you could afford, you could simply build a small silent PC with that one drive (and an external one for a back-up).

Excellent advice above. To that I would one comment:

While wireless is very good these days, wired ethernet is still the best. If you can make a wired connection from your (remote) NAS to your streamer, that becomes a very good solution. If not, a silent PC as mentioned above becomes more attractive.