AVR with Airplay 2 vs Chromecast vs HifiBerry vs Bluesound Node

[OffRode (new user)]

I’m using the iFi Zen Stream to feed my Denon AVR 4500 with spdif input via Ethernet. Works pretty slick, do a search about this device to see what’s up with it.

New (was back in 2021) iFi Zen Stream device

I haven’t compared this one but there is a review (admittedly it’s 4 years old and there has been a lot of development in the streamer market) SOtM sMS-200Ultra NEO streamer and networked audio interface - YouTube which might be useful.