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In Reply to: RE: For non Squeezebox Owners....How do you hook your PC to a DAC?.... posted by Cut-Throat on October 28, 2014 at 18:51:27
Take a look at Abe Collin's system details with his usual high quality pics. Note that a computer doesn't have to look like a traditional server like I use :)
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I looked at Abe's System and it is indeed very Tidy.... However the keyboard on the Audio Rack is not the direction I want to go....
Also, Abe is an Apple guy. Apple has a lot more sleeker options than PC. But I use PC because I can still get a small 10 inch laptop with PC and can't with Apple. I don't even mind Apple's Twice as much Price for everything as much as their small selection of products.
LMS still seems to be the 'King' as far as 'Music Controllers' that I've seen. It does pretty much every thing I want. The Squeezebox has served me well for 4 years. I would have thought by now someone would have come up with an 'Audiophile Version' of a Squeezebox with Equal Capabilities. (There ain't any yet!) - Many have tried, but they've all been lacking in functionality.
I think the guy that responded with a PC back in a Utility Room, with a USB cable routed to the Audio Room probably is the best bet, if you have to go this route. -- I could do that, if I had to. Meanwhile my 4 Squeezeboxes keep plugging along.... I worry more about LMS disappearing than the SBTs..... Especially with products like SoTM
Cut-Throat
However the keyboard on the Audio Rack is not the direction I want to go...
Agreed. Mine is far away on a different floor of the house.
But I use PC because I can still get a small 10 inch laptop with PC and can't with Apple.
Actually, I take the opposite approach. While I use a laptop for work, the primary computer in my home office is dual 22" monitor desktop server with the horsepower of a Cray 2 and a couple TB of storage. That's where my music library and the LMS server live. Even with two independent Touch streams decoding FLAC, CPU utilization remains under 1%.
I worry more about LMS disappearing than the SBTs... Especially with products like SoTM
Note that SOtM can run LMS. :)
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