kimballhouse;306217 Wrote: > I am still trying to resolve whether I can switch from CDs to a > computer-based music system. Why not both? Besides in time, it is entirely possible that it will end up being the only way to acquire new music. kimballhouse;306217 Wrote: > The Controller is a terrific navigating device. The convenience > features and ability to use playlists and to find music has really > changed the way I enjoy music. The access to Internet only radio > streams has sold me on the device. I live in a location with terrible > over-the-air radio, and this solves the problem. Here here, I have to completely agree. This should make the choice easier. kimballhouse;306217 Wrote: > The sound is decidedly not as good as my CD player, a 10-year-old Rega > Planet on its last legs. I'm considering upgrading to a Transporter, > which is a simple enough experiment. Alternatively I may buy a better > CD player and use the Duet for radio. I would think that the Rega Planet and the Duet would be close with maybe a slight edge going to the Planet. Don't own one so I can't say. Can you borrow a DAC from your local dealer to put with the Duet? Bet that is a Planet beater! Moving up to the Transporter in my opinion will be a huge improvement. kimballhouse;306217 Wrote: > In the course of sorting this out I spoke to an audio dealer who assured > me that the computer system has a huge effect on the sound quality > coming from a Transporter...... Is this nonsense? Absolute nonsense! Computer hardware and operating system have no effects whatsoever on the file or the way the Duet or Transporter handle it. One can even use only a headless file server if one so chooses. We are not using the computers sound card, a media sound program, or the PCs operating system to play music (other then providing a place to run SqueezeCenter). The PC is just a file server running a server program (either SS or SC) feeding digital files to the device. Are some computers and operating systems better interfaces? Yes some are but this does not affect the quality of the sound unless the PC is not up to the job and is causing dropouts. Better computer hardware and Operating Systems just tend to make the interface faster and more enjoyable.
Tell your dealer to stick to iPods or do some serious research into network media players not playing music "from or on" a computer. Network Media Players do not play music from a computer, they take digital files from a computer and transcode them into analog music in the device or output them in standard digital format to an external DAC. Again if you like the Rega Planet, IMHO you will enjoy the Transporter or Duet with a nice DAC. -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Bedroom: SB3, NAD C370, Thiel 2.3 Home Office: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, VSM-1 Sigs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48214 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
