Ok, let's start at the beginning. I have a very expensive (1K GBP) CD player circa 1988 - Meridian 207 two box affair with pre-amp, a quality power amp (British- AVI) and some good floor standing speakers. i.e. a decentish hi-fi which I was very happy with.
Until - I decided to rip all my CD (lots) onto my PC and the only possible connection between PC and hi-fi was soundcard (Soundblaster that came with 2005 Dell) analogue out to line in on pre-amp. The difference in sound quality between music on PC (lossless of course) and CD player is large. But the convenience is huge - I control all my music via wireless PDA. My question is - if I buy SB3, will the DAC in it give me a substantially better sound (I can't afford to spend $2k on the new box) than my Creative Soundcard DAC + 5 metres of line out cableto my hi-fi? Thoughts thanks! -- Flamingo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flamingo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7504 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27485 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
