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I have the DAC w/ the USB port, now what?

I bought an external hard drive for my music.
I got a Benchmark pre-amp DAC with a USB port.
I have not yet plugged the DAC into my PC.
Do I need another device or a software program to hear my music through my Hi-Fi system? If so, what software do you recommend?
It's a PC running Windows 7.
dreadhead
jax2
3,031 posts
 
The most common choice for software to manage a music library is iTunes, but if you are a perfectionist about ripping your CD's to your hard drive, the iTunes error correction does not do as well as others. EAC (Exact Audio Copy) does a great job at ripping, and I think is still freeware. You will still need some kind of library management software though. I'm not a PC guy so I'll leave it to someone else to point you more specifically to alternates to iTunes, but as far as keeping your library organized, iTunes does a pretty good job. There may be something better for PC though.
xti16
1,525 posts
 
It's a PC running Windows 7
Windows media player
tbg
5,263 posts
 
Buy a Mac Mini and use Pure Music which makes Itunes think it is playing the music.
pkubica
134 posts
 
All you really need is good windows player software that's bit perfect. Take a look at Fubar Player... it's good and free. Also, the J River Jukebox... it's free and the J River Media Center... it's very good but costs $50.00. Use the WASAPI driver.

"Buy a Mac Mini"... Why???
You already have a computer and a good DAC!
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