First impressions and questions.

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Got a Roku Soundbridge M1001 for Christmas and my first taste of PC based audio. After ripping a few cds via eac, opted to run a direct wired connection between my windows based laptop and benchmark dac. Not having to get up to change the cd is pretty cool, but need another alternative than the Roku.
1st impressions sound wise are a cleaner, blacker background, but slightly less robust dynamics and depth than via my transport. The user interface is going to be a problem. It has a nice pretty display and remote, but with only a few cds ripped, scrolling with the remote is cumbersome and canâ€™t see the display (old eyes). Something that puts the display physically closer to me would be better.
The user interface of the d-link mediabridge DSM-120 looks pretty ideal, but seems to have other issues.
http://reviews.cnet.com/D_Link_DSM_120/4505-6470_7-31561630.html?tag=pdtl-list
Iâ€™m also considering using my laptop as the interface and going with a converter. Something that is bit-perfect, externally powered and supports ASIO drivers seems to be the preferred method. But as Jessica Simpson says â€œ I donâ€™t know what that means, but want itâ€. So far, I looking at the m-audio audiophile usb, emu 0404 usb and trends audio ud-10. Any comments on these or others?

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Topic - First impressions and questions. - saltyflies 10:45:33 01/01/07 (5)

Thanks guys, - saltyflies 14:05:44 01/02/07 (0)

Re: First impressions and questions. - bobp 07:55:14 01/02/07 (2)

Re: First impressions and questions. - Old Listener 10:38:49 01/02/07 (1)

Re: First impressions and questions. - bobp 11:53:57 01/02/07 (0)

Re: First impressions and questions. - Don M 12:58:19 01/01/07 (0)

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