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A ripped CD shouldn't sound any better; it should sound the same. EAC ripping software compares the ripped version with the original in an attempt to get bit-for-bit accuracy. It does a very good job. The advantage of playing CDs from your hard drive is convenience. They should sound exactly the same.

I used to use a computer streamer with FOOBAR2000 streaming software, which is free to download. I used a PC streamer for about a year before buying my Oppo BDP-105D, at which point I connected my external USB hard drives to my Oppo and played my digital music through the Oppo using my HDTV to display the music files. I liked that better than using my Toshiba PC notebook computer. Now, I still use my Oppo in addition to my TASCAM DA-3000 for DSD. I have around 1000 DSD albums. Most of them are not necessarily better sounding than much of my other digital music, but the good ones are significantly better sounding. Furthermore, I am now making all future recordings of vinyl to DSD-5.6MHz, which I think really sounds good.

I don't know about your old Oppo, but with my Oppo BDP-105D, it will send out DSD from SACDs only from its HDMI output. Otherwise, it converts SACD to 24/88.2 PCM and sends it out its coaxial and optical digital outputs. If your Oppo does the same, you need to find a DSD capable DAC with an HDMI input.

Good luck,
John Elison

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