You want a bluray/universal player that has the ability to play ALAC files, has a USB hard-drive input and also has analog RCA outputs. An example of this would be the Panasonic DP-UB820. It's currently on sale at Crutchfield for $399. There are many others as well. The past couple generations of Oppo players will play ALAC files (103/105/203/205), but they are likely going to be too expensive for you and they are only available as "used".
Device that plays the USB you made for your car in your home
Hi,
In my car and my truck I can random mode play a 32 gig USB with songs in Apple lossless format, it works great.
There has got to be a reasonably priced gadget that would output on analog rca connections to my home pre-amp and play the high res USB files. So far I have found a CD/USB player that does what I want except it is MP3 file format only and a DAC that does what I want except it is more than I am willing to pay ($1500).
Anyone know of a gadget that fills the need?
Thanks!
In my car and my truck I can random mode play a 32 gig USB with songs in Apple lossless format, it works great.
There has got to be a reasonably priced gadget that would output on analog rca connections to my home pre-amp and play the high res USB files. So far I have found a CD/USB player that does what I want except it is MP3 file format only and a DAC that does what I want except it is more than I am willing to pay ($1500).
Anyone know of a gadget that fills the need?
Thanks!
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You've always got the option of getting a Raspberry Pi and running the Picoreplayer OS on it. You can plug in a USB thumb drive (or regular USB hard drive) and play music from that, including on a random basis. If your home system handles USB output, this will set you back about $50 or $60 for the RPi, case, SD card and power supply. If you need analog output, add a HiFiBerry DAC Hat to the player for another $50, depending on the model you buy (they have several options.) Or, if you want to stay on the cheap side, you can use the built-in audio on the Raspberry Pi and run a 3.5 mm plug to RCA adaptor cable to your stereo, though the sound quality is not as good this way. The RPi player can be controlled from your smart phone, table or any computer that has a web browser. It's not a plug and play system, so you'll have to study and learn a few things, but the price is right and, properly set up, they sound good. |
If you want plug and play you can get a BluSound N150. It’ll play any PCM file to 24-192. It will power any thumb drive or a SSD up to 500 Gb. Optical out, a cheap DAC and cheap amp included. .$299 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J0C35BA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_QIR3Fb37YJK9M |
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