cd transport/dac vs computer/dac

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2012
    Go ahead man, hit the "add to cart" buton, you know you want to....

    http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-930-000090-Squeezebox-Touch/dp/B002LARRDA
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,171
    edited March 2012
    Spending everybody's money today, Steve. :biggrin:
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited March 2012
    LMAO you muat have stock! tff.
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited March 2012
    So
    out of tje computer "somehow" into the squeebox than out of the squeezebox "somehow" than into my dac "somehow" than out of the dac rca analog to my dared.yea ive got it now!!!!LMFAO!!!!!!
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,171
    edited March 2012
    Your wireless router (which is hooked to your computer via ethernet cable) to the SQB---> to dac via coax--->to preamp via very good analog rca's. Simple really, really simple.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2012
    ...you'll be streamin' in 13 1/2 minutes.

    Here's my SQBox kickin some Sara Mclachlan:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLgl2P_stsc&feature=g-upl&context=G2b26283AUAAAAAAAAAA
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2012
    soundfreak1 wrote: »
    Btw would there be any advantage as far is the harddrive goes to go to a outboard drive just for the music. thinking of noise reduction to the computer I e separating it from the computer tower with its own power supply. just thinking
    With J. River, it will pre-load the music into your RAM, so it's not playing from the drive. As mentioned above, it's also an all in one program, rips, organizes, tags, and does playback. The demo version is free.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited March 2012
    Face wrote: »
    With J. River, it will pre-load the music into your RAM, so it's not playing from the drive. As mentioned above, it's also an all in one program, rips, organizes, tags, and does playback. The demo version is free.
    And easily configured for bit perfect output,atleast I found with Vista and W7.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,171
    edited March 2012
    FTGV wrote: »
    And easily configured for bit perfect output,atleast I found with Vista and W7.

    The OP is running XP. When I ran XP it was more involved, but I didn't run J River.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2012
    It's many one or two more clicks with XP compared to 7x64.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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