Are there any 'affordable' multi-channel network music players with an HDMI output

[steelydave]

Nvidia Shield is highly recommended in the Plex community for its TrueHD and DTS-HD:MA compatibility. 2019 and newer models have full Atmos support, 2017 and earlier have Atmos passthrough. A Shield running Kodi will support FLAC and DSD files (native SACD rips). And be controlled from a smartphone app.

The Shield Pro has had a great life, but in 2025 I'd be hesitant to buy an Android device from 2019 - would you buy a new phone or tablet that was 6 years old? This is what had me on the fence for nearly two years, and I'm glad I waited because you can now get the UGoos AM6B+ which does more than the Shield (full Dolby Vision FEL support) for $70 less.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I'm able to tag MKAs, it might depend on whether your software player reads those tags. I think anything using FFMPEG can read those tags. Foobar and VLC/MPC seem to.

As i said from the start of that post
"Just keep in mind that any media player that uses Kodi"

My understanding is, this may well be changing soon.