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Any info on sqeezebox slim devices?

It seems pretty simple to hookup. Go from PC to sqeezebox to preamp. You can go wireless or hookup via ethernet. One question I have is how is the sound quality? I would be ripping on to my hard drive using a lossless compression most likely Flac. Would the sound quality be equal to that of a high end CD Player, or equal to that of an IPOD, or somewhere in between. This seems a little better than the Sonis system being it lets you use your home stereo to listen to your music. It seems reasonably priced as well.
bodine
prpixel
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With 700GB of storage you should be able to store about 2800-3000 CD's. Remember to backup occasionally. You don't want to loose all that time spent ripping.

Good luck and happy ripping,
bodine OP
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I've never really looked into DAC's. How much should I spend on one?
kenn39
75 posts
 
As THEY say, money is not everything.

Some people consider a cheap NOS DAC like the DAC-Ah gives them the organic sound that beats many expensive DACs. Whatever that means.

You really have to survey the market and determine the optimal price/performance combo for yourself.

A hotly contested price point is $1k where you can find Benchmark DAC1, Apogee Mini-DAC, Lavry DA-10 and a whole bunch of other DACs in stock or modded form.
joncourage
185 posts
 
I am extremely happy with my SB3. I have it running into an Audio Note DAC and I think it sounds fantastic.

I use the Linksys NSLU2 for network-based USB hard drive storage.
joncourage
185 posts
 
(and I don't think you can even compare the sound quality of an iPod to it - the SB3 is way, way better imo.)
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