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How To Get The Best Sound From Pandora & Rhapsody?

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How do you get the best possible sound from Pandora and Rhapsody? Is a computer via USB Dac the best way? Or, will using one of these newfangled streamers and a Dac give you better sound?

The majority of my listening is from these two sources, and I'd like to go whole hog to get the best possible sound from them. I still listen to cd's and vinyl, but Pandora and Rhapsody is so doggone convenient, that they get the bulk of my listening time.
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ptss
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Hgeifman. How do you know the Ayre will sound better in your system?
hgeifman
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Ptss: That is a very good question. I will let you know in early February after I start using the Ayre QB-9 DAC.

I heard the Ayre QB-9 using the MAC Computer, my amplifier and my speakers at the Audio Store and liked it very much. I am currently using the MAC connected to the DAC in the Oppo 105 now and it does sound very good. I felt the Ayre QB-9 sounded better but the real test will be when I hook up the Ayre and compare it to the Oppo 105 in my system.
nglazer
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Best possible sound from Pandora, Rhapsody, etc. is to turn it off. It's junk sound.

Neal
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mitch4t OP
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Neal, maybe it's not the highest possible resolution in hifi...but it's not junk.

...you Audio SnobS kill me.
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kacz
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MOG and google play both use 320kbps

Google play also has free tracks all the time. Even if you don't subscribe to google play it's nice to go there just to get the free tracks every now and then.
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