Hey FJ.
Not sure what "increditable" means, but I'll take it as a good thing :-)
Don't complicate things upfront. You run the risk of analysis paralysis. Start easy with your laptop and a DAC, then go from there if you find it appealing. There are so many approaches (system strategies), options for each component(software, operating system, DAC, etc), and parts within the components that it's very easy to end up going nowhere. It is indeed a technology under development and as such the best path is not clear at all. But that shouldn't prevent you from trying it and see what's all the talk about.
I tried some things, and others haven't yet. But it's good learning. I couldn't be happier about sound, but it is still quite quirky for a non computer whiz like me.
Not sure what "increditable" means, but I'll take it as a good thing :-)
Don't complicate things upfront. You run the risk of analysis paralysis. Start easy with your laptop and a DAC, then go from there if you find it appealing. There are so many approaches (system strategies), options for each component(software, operating system, DAC, etc), and parts within the components that it's very easy to end up going nowhere. It is indeed a technology under development and as such the best path is not clear at all. But that shouldn't prevent you from trying it and see what's all the talk about.
I tried some things, and others haven't yet. But it's good learning. I couldn't be happier about sound, but it is still quite quirky for a non computer whiz like me.