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    FLAC and DACs

    many thanks for all the advice. ....and what would the options be if I just wanted to play FLAC files 16/44.1 & 24/192 from a USB stick? I've seen that the PIONEER BDPLX55 Blu-Ray Player supports many formats including USB - what are the DACs like in this if I just wanted to feed it to a...
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    FLAC and DACs

    That's an option I'd not considered! So you think the DACs (192 kHz/24-bit Burr Brown DACs) in the YAMAHA RXV475, would do an equally good job as buying an external dedicated DAC? this is my confusion and when it comes to upsampling I'm completely lost Emma.
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    FLAC and DACs

    Hello I wonder if you can help (me being a complete novice!) - although this is probably an age old question and been asked a million times (so I do apologise!). I tend to listen to FLAC files on my old Dell Latitude laptop (this is about 8 years old!) - I have a mixture of 16/44.1 CD ripped...