I listen to a fair amount of hi res music (not that hi res is always significantly better but the mastering of these recordings is often more careful and not overdriven) Although I have a system capable of resolving the differences of hi res and mp3 (maggies, sanders amps, schitt dac and preamp) I also want to listen to my collection in the kitchen. Casually.
So I am looking for an easy to control sonos-like system. Not just a casual network player for music from hi res formats - I could build a raspberry pi with volumio for that. But I do not want to have to switch on amps, dacs, preamps just to have music in the background while I cook, eat, read, talk, etc.
The devialet phantom seems to have everything (at a stiff price). Another solution would be a bluesound node with a pair of powered speakers (audioengine or jbl 7 series). Controlling everything from an app would be the goal (or even an alexa skill)
Has anyone gone down this road and care to share their solution?