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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:Lossless compression does exist. by unitron · · Score: 0, Redundant
    " Have you compared the prices of 200GB drives with 400GB drives? The higher capacity drives cost more than double."

    So buy two of the 200s instead of one 400?

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  2. Re:You know... by 2nd+Post! · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Or you could use an Airport Express.

    Pure digital from input (rip from CD) to compression (Apple Lossless) to transmission (802.11g) to receiver (digital optical out).

    You would think people would know more about this thing; only $129 and it can do DTS 5.1 as well.

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