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MF V-DAC and power supply

I know this is a very elementary question for most of you buy I'm hoping you will help. I have a pretty good basic system with:

1. Cary SLP-94 Preamp
2. Balanced Audio Technology VK200 Amplifier (SS)
3. Tube Audio Design 60 Amplifier (tube)
4. Rega P3-24 with TTPSU, upgrade subplatter (Groovetracer) and counterweight (Mitchell), Herbie's mat, Clearaudio Virtuoso cartridge
5. Cambridge Audio 650 CD player

I want to get into PC audio, so.......I ripped all my CDs into Itunes Apple Lossless. And now am at a loss (less)

I am thinking about buying a Musical Fidelity V-DAC with a power supply upgrade and using it to to play the files through my system. My questions:

1. Is the MF V-DAC good enough? That is, will I be satisfied with the sound through the system that I have or do I need something better?
2. Do I need to do anything other than hook the V-DAC through the usb port on my laptop and hit play? Or, do I need to do more in relation to lossless or to playing the damn thing?

Thanks for any help you are willing to give.
6. Acoustic Zen Adagio Speakers
gmsasso
hotmailjbc
571 posts
 
ha. not so rosie since everyone is telling me the itunes downloads i buy are crap. they sound good to me but maybe i just don,t know what good sound is,,,even after 40 years of this. i am still keeping it so simple i can,t mess it up. mac [i know you hate to hear that] with puremusic player to wireworld usb to mf v-dac to morrow mp1s to preamp. never never never have a problem and i don,t have 5 percent the experience you have had in your career with computers. as soon as i see computer lingo my brain fuzzes like i picked up a 19th century russian novel and started reading at page 100.customer support wouldn,t help me in any way but keep after them. signed , oblivious. ha
pettyofficer
462 posts
 
Hotmailjbc-MAC's are great! Never seen better Video Graphics than on a Desktop MAC. They also cost twice as much as Desktop PC-exception of Mini's and I-Pad's. If
I could afford it, I would go for it. I have slammed
8 more Gigs of Ram into my Desktop for $88.00. Little
more problematic with Laptops, Mini's, and I-Pad's. I suppose that it still can be done. Still like modular
design with upgrade potential that is dirt cheap. Just can't do the same inexpensively with a MAC, but if I
could afford it, you bet! Seems all of the newest, and best Music Server Programs are going MAC. If only I could
afford it (Desktop MAC), and still upgrade later (Mini's and I-Pad's?). I-Pad's, why does that sound like a Feminine Hygene Commercial-Joke! Joke!
hotmailjbc
571 posts
 
i bought my ibook g4 reconditioned for 250.00 and installed a ss hd. new at full price is up there i agree. mi just use it for music so i didn,t need a huge hd. i use mac and pc and like both but just hate to keep spending cash on antivirus every year that barely works.
orpheus10
8,668 posts
 
While I can't help you on your question, I want to let you know that your TT rig is killer, it's comparable to much more expensive rigs.
pettyofficer
462 posts
 
Hotmailjbc-Sounds like a sweetheart deal. Would love to hear the Sound Quality on it. How does it Sound, and in
conjuction with which equipment are you using it? I know what you mean with the Antivirus Stuff with PC. If Microsoft keeps sending me weekly Security Essential Updates-years of this has got to eat up Storage even on a Terrabite System. Some of us just use PC's out of economic necessity, especially modular Desktop to allow means of upgrading as finances allow. It doesn't mean that we don't drool over the Mac's. The smaller, and less expensive, Mac stuff might be a little more problematic to upgrade. Still, with a ss hd, very tempting. The thing with ss hd is half as much Storage at twice the price of standard Hard Drive. I am sure that the price will come down as Storage goes up. Sweet deal though, who did you buy it from?
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