Vue2AStill
New Member
Hello friends,
I have gone through several threads on this forum about the CD playback, jittter, role of DACs and upsampling DACs from members like Venkat, Ajinkya, Nishanth, MoserW etc. They were extremely informative and enlightening. In fact I have gone through this thread several times:
http://www.hifivision.com/cd-players/2745-cd-player-ext-da-converter-8.html
and found it extremely informative, though it also covers wireless streaming.
This thread also compares Beresford and DACMagic.
But I still chose to post this thread, as I have a specific requirement. I want to build a low-power-consuming "Music PC", not an HTPC. I have lost a few CDs because of some spots formation on my audio CDs. So I have started ripping to FLAC (level 6) using Exact Audio Copy. I finished about 25 CDs so far. So I want to firstly back up the Audio CDs and also get the convenience of playing from a PC.
I have a CA 540D V2 to play back my CDs.
Could somebody please advise me on the 3 items below:
[1] If I build a low-power-consumption Intel Atom PC (hardly 60W) and connect it to a Cambridge Audio DACMagic using USB to playback FLAC files, would I get the same or better sound quality than the analog stereo output of the 540D V2? To complete the rest of the audio chain, I have a Denon 1909 AVR and a pair of Monitor Audio RS6s. I am asking this question because, I could not audition a CA DACMagic so far.
[2] Would the stereo imaging and realism improve with PC+DacMagic, compared to 540D V2? i.e. would the Denon 1909 + MA RS6 pair actually reveal any difference between 540D V2 and DAC Magic?
[3] Could you refer me to a genuine Cambridge Audio dealer in Chennai. The one from whom I bought my 540D V2 has stopped selling CA stuff, due to lack of cooperation from the CA distributor. I would like to audition DACMagic.
As always, thank you very much for your help.
I have gone through several threads on this forum about the CD playback, jittter, role of DACs and upsampling DACs from members like Venkat, Ajinkya, Nishanth, MoserW etc. They were extremely informative and enlightening. In fact I have gone through this thread several times:
http://www.hifivision.com/cd-players/2745-cd-player-ext-da-converter-8.html
and found it extremely informative, though it also covers wireless streaming.
This thread also compares Beresford and DACMagic.
But I still chose to post this thread, as I have a specific requirement. I want to build a low-power-consuming "Music PC", not an HTPC. I have lost a few CDs because of some spots formation on my audio CDs. So I have started ripping to FLAC (level 6) using Exact Audio Copy. I finished about 25 CDs so far. So I want to firstly back up the Audio CDs and also get the convenience of playing from a PC.
I have a CA 540D V2 to play back my CDs.
Could somebody please advise me on the 3 items below:
[1] If I build a low-power-consumption Intel Atom PC (hardly 60W) and connect it to a Cambridge Audio DACMagic using USB to playback FLAC files, would I get the same or better sound quality than the analog stereo output of the 540D V2? To complete the rest of the audio chain, I have a Denon 1909 AVR and a pair of Monitor Audio RS6s. I am asking this question because, I could not audition a CA DACMagic so far.
[2] Would the stereo imaging and realism improve with PC+DacMagic, compared to 540D V2? i.e. would the Denon 1909 + MA RS6 pair actually reveal any difference between 540D V2 and DAC Magic?
[3] Could you refer me to a genuine Cambridge Audio dealer in Chennai. The one from whom I bought my 540D V2 has stopped selling CA stuff, due to lack of cooperation from the CA distributor. I would like to audition DACMagic.
As always, thank you very much for your help.