Flawless audio systems

With lossless audio coming to Spotify, these streaming-friendly systems will make the most out of the superior sound on offer

- Rebecca Jay Roberts

Streaming amp setups

SPEAKERS

1 WHARFEDALE DIAMOND 12.3 

Diamonds are an audiophile’s best friend. You don’t just get a lot of speaker cabinet for your money with the Diamond 12.3; the 98cm-tall towers are tonally smooth operators, delivering insight through the balance of entertainment and refinement that guarantees a good time. The 12.3 keep Diamond’s impressive legacy alive.

£499, wharfedale.co.uk

STEREO AMPLIFIER

2 MARANTZ PM6007 

You'll need some power behind those streamer skills, and Marantz shows that you don't have to sell a kidney to get sophisticated sound quality or suave hi-fi casework. Connect the Cambridge Audio streamer into one of the Marantz's analogue or digital inputs, and you'll be blessed with clean and punchy audio that's transparent enough to reveal the detail in those lossless streams.

£349, marantz.com 

MUSIC STREAMER

3 CAMBRIDGE AUDIO MXN10 

Cambridge Audio has packed plenty of streaming smarts into its most affordable music streamer yet, with its established StreamMagic platform offering AirPlay 2, Google Chromecast, Spotify and Tidal Connect, internet radio and Bluetooth. The MXN10 has the performance to boot, too, cementing itself as an ideal gateway into streaming.

£449, cambridgeaudio.com

HEADPHONES

4 GRADO SR80X