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Ready For Digital Source...Computer?

I have speakers and amplification all figured out, now I need a source. No vinyl and not concerned with CD's at this point.
Only steaming online. No Roon either, been there, done that. 

Honestly, (because I need a new computer anyway) I would really like to use a computer to play Spotify (hopefully CD-quality soon), Tidal, Qobuz, etc. but most say a computer is too "Noisy" to use for this purpose. Although, I have heard there are ways around this.

Rather than having to purchase a dedicated music server, does anyone know how to set up a computer as a high-quality music server? I can't really seem to find anything online.

Thanks






high-amp
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fuzztone
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Steaming grotecakes!

If you can’t figure out how to stream from a PC (which sucks) you’ll never get here without some homework.

 

 

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fuzztone
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There are no ways "around." You can put lipstick on the hog with foobar and Fidelizer. Not worth the bother. I can't get the time invested back.

high-amp OP
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fuzztone - 15 years ago I was streaming music from my newly purchased MacBook Pro with a bit perfect app going USB to my Wyred 4 Sound DAC No problem. Then came the rant about computers being noisy, so I purchased a Roon Nucleus. Then, along came the pandemic and my wife and I were out of work for a while so I sold the Nucleus and dropped the Tidal & Roon subscriptions in order to save a bit of cash.
Not wishing to get tied up into to a bunch of monthly Subscriptions again, I am looking for an alternative and would really like to get back to just using a computer as a MS as I did in the past.
I'm just trying to research the best and simplest way to do that.
Thanks for the link!

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sns
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If you're insistent upon computer server there is the option of Mac mini. You could get linear power supply from Uptone or Mojo, the linear power supply alone will make this best computer solution. While this wouldn't get you to an optimized mac mini as server solution, which requires many systems to be disabled, this is likely the best sounding computer/server option you're going to find.

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