Hi,
I am quite confused about finalizing a source for my Rotel RA 10 amp which I picked up last week. The amp is fantastic and I am now thinking of migrating from the Panasonic bdt 220 to a dedicated CDP or a music streamer or server. I have about 25-30 CDs and a fair bit of flac and alac files.
I have evaluated the following options:
1. Blue sound node - pure streamer but overpriced at about 45 k. Benefit is huge convenience.
2. Marantz CD6005 - can play CDs and wav files through USB. Ease of use is tremendous but may not be the way forward ?
3. Laptop with USB DAC such as Cambridge audio dacmagic 100. Using laptop is painful- switching it on and off all the time.
4. Synology single bay NAS with USB DAC connected directly to it and using ipad/android phone as controller. A 3tb Synology will cost about 25k plus then the DAC. The dacmagic will cost about 18 k
I am not able to figure out the way forward and any fresh advice is most welcome.
Please let me know your views.
Thanks
I am quite confused about finalizing a source for my Rotel RA 10 amp which I picked up last week. The amp is fantastic and I am now thinking of migrating from the Panasonic bdt 220 to a dedicated CDP or a music streamer or server. I have about 25-30 CDs and a fair bit of flac and alac files.
I have evaluated the following options:
1. Blue sound node - pure streamer but overpriced at about 45 k. Benefit is huge convenience.
2. Marantz CD6005 - can play CDs and wav files through USB. Ease of use is tremendous but may not be the way forward ?
3. Laptop with USB DAC such as Cambridge audio dacmagic 100. Using laptop is painful- switching it on and off all the time.
4. Synology single bay NAS with USB DAC connected directly to it and using ipad/android phone as controller. A 3tb Synology will cost about 25k plus then the DAC. The dacmagic will cost about 18 k
I am not able to figure out the way forward and any fresh advice is most welcome.
Please let me know your views.
Thanks