I prefer not having a computer in the system. For myself, I use a Melco N1A/2 Digital Music Library with USB out going to my DAC. That has been my favourite so far. Disclosure: we're Melco dealers, so you can take that with a grain of salt if you wish. However, over the years, I've found a dedicated device like the Melco to give the best results.
Computer, CD transport or Network Player?
I currently have most of my music downloaded on my computer as FLAC files and listen to it through JRiver or Signalyst HQ (audio players for Windows) on my Dell desktop. The sound is amazing but I have a question and it is this:
Which do you find to have the highest sound quality;
1. Redbook CD's directly played in a high quality CD transport?
2. Ripped FLAC or Apple lossless files played through a high quality PC or MAC computer based audio player (such as JRiver or Signalyst for Windows or Vox or Clementine for MAC)?
3. or music (from one's own private CD collection) loaded on a network player?
Using a DAC of course.
Which do you find to have the highest sound quality;
1. Redbook CD's directly played in a high quality CD transport?
2. Ripped FLAC or Apple lossless files played through a high quality PC or MAC computer based audio player (such as JRiver or Signalyst for Windows or Vox or Clementine for MAC)?
3. or music (from one's own private CD collection) loaded on a network player?
Using a DAC of course.
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