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Build High-End Audio System w/ Hard Drive Storage?

Posted by Cliff on from the audio-components-that-have-caught-up-w/-the-tech dept.

nganju asks: "Hard Drives have finally reached the size where I can rip down 1000 CDs directly to WAV files, and skip the compression step (read: headache) altogether, ensuring that the audio playback is what the original CD author intended. Now the question is, how do I get that WAV data off the computer and into the amplifier with minimal distortion? Are there D/A PCI cards comparable to high-end CD players? Or is the best solution some direct digital output card (SPDIF) and a standalone D/A converter component? Specific model names would be greatly appreciated."

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  1. Re:The difference is clear on high end hardware. by croddy · · Score: 2, Funny
    high end car stereo

    i stopped reading here.

  2. Re:Lossless compression does exist.-not by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Funny

    You're also probably one of those assholes who claim that vacuum tubes have a "warmer" sound and that LP sounds better than CD.

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  3. MOD PARENT UP! by josh3736 · · Score: 2, Funny
    You're also probably one of those assholes who claim that vacuum tubes have a "warmer" sound and that LP sounds better than CD.

    The guy's username is "tubeguy"!

    He is one of those asshats!