rahul9ue
New Member
Hi,
I have just started building up my stereo system, with placing order for Marantz PM5004 from the HiFIMart, and will be buying the speakers over the weekend or next week. But I am confuesed about the source. I do not have a big CD collection, and have most of my music collection in mp3 (good & bad quality, will filter out bad sooner) and is on external HDDs and iPods. I am not sure what should I go for as a source. WDTV Live and other Media players I have heard does not have good SQ. Logitech Squeezebox has some good feedback from forum members, but for 2 reason I can not go ahead with it now : Firstly its out of my budget (currently, with money spent on Amp & Speakers) to buy it from India and secondly, some people suggest that even with it you need a DAC to get good SQ. Can anyone suggest about to go ahead with the source part ? Also, I have a question : If I have to put a DAC with Logitech SB, how would it compare with WDTV (or other media players) with DAC. With the Media players and DAC, I will save some money. I guess I'll loose on the good interface that Logitech SB has, but then its twice as costly as regular media players.
Please provide your inputs if you have any in this regard.
Thanks,
Rahul
I have just started building up my stereo system, with placing order for Marantz PM5004 from the HiFIMart, and will be buying the speakers over the weekend or next week. But I am confuesed about the source. I do not have a big CD collection, and have most of my music collection in mp3 (good & bad quality, will filter out bad sooner) and is on external HDDs and iPods. I am not sure what should I go for as a source. WDTV Live and other Media players I have heard does not have good SQ. Logitech Squeezebox has some good feedback from forum members, but for 2 reason I can not go ahead with it now : Firstly its out of my budget (currently, with money spent on Amp & Speakers) to buy it from India and secondly, some people suggest that even with it you need a DAC to get good SQ. Can anyone suggest about to go ahead with the source part ? Also, I have a question : If I have to put a DAC with Logitech SB, how would it compare with WDTV (or other media players) with DAC. With the Media players and DAC, I will save some money. I guess I'll loose on the good interface that Logitech SB has, but then its twice as costly as regular media players.
Please provide your inputs if you have any in this regard.
Thanks,
Rahul