Computer as a media player

admin_exported

New member
Aug 10, 2019
2,556
4
0
Visit site
Hello all My system is: Marantz Ki Pearl poweramp Marantz pm7004 preamp Marantz na7004 network audio player Marantz sa 7003 sacd player Paradigm Studio 100 spekers I have ripped all my cd´s to my computer in a WMA loosless format. I´m wondering if my computer is the weakest link of my system and if so what can i do to inproof it?My computer is rather old and nothing special.Do i need a new media/storage player?New soundcard to the computer
 

fr0g

New member
Jan 7, 2008
445
0
0
Visit site
kallig said:
Hello all My system is: Marantz Ki Pearl poweramp Marantz pm7004 preamp Marantz na7004 network audio player Marantz sa 7003 sacd player Paradigm Studio 100 spekers I have ripped all my cd´s to my computer in a WMA loosless format. I´m wondering if my computer is the weakest link of my system and if so what can i do to inproof it?My computer is rather old and nothing special.Do i need a new media/storage player?New soundcard to the computer

How is the computer connected to your system?
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
I would recommend you download a 30 day free trial of JRiver Media Centre through which you can play your music with no interference from the computer's internal workings/soundcard etc (i.e. bit perfect direct output to your Hi-Fi system) and you can also use it to store your movies, photos etc. There are other similar programmes for this of course but I have found this to be better than say iTunes in terms of features and a noticeable enough improvement in sound quality to make it worth buying.

http://www.jriver.com/
 

fr0g

New member
Jan 7, 2008
445
0
0
Visit site
kallig said:
Via the network audio player

Assuming it's a usb or network connection, then as John says, it's irrelevant. The sound card isn't even being used. You could take it out and put in a box and the music would still work.

Unless of course you are connecting via the headphone socket with a 3.5mm to twin RCA connector, in which case it wouldn't :)
 

fr0g

New member
Jan 7, 2008
445
0
0
Visit site
SteveD said:
I would recommend you download a 30 day free trial of JRiver Media Centre through which you can play your music with no interference from the computer's internal workings/soundcard etc (i.e. bit perfect direct output to your Hi-Fi system) and you can also use it to store your movies, photos etc. There are other similar programmes for this of course but I have found this to be better than say iTunes in terms of features and a noticeable enough improvement in sound quality to make it worth buying.

http://www.jriver.com/

Why?

He's using a network music player.
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
I was just editing my post but it didn't work for some reason.

If the signal is direct and by-passes the sound card etc I agree there is no requirement but I would have thought that the external media center just works like a DAC with additional media display and functionality (i.e. does not in itself result in a direct signal to it unless the music files are stored on an external hard drive which it plays from and not on the computer itself).

I believe a direct (wired) connection (rather than network connection) would produce better results although possibly only marginal but even with a USB connection some USB outputs are not asynchronous and this can effect the quality of the playback.

I accept I may be wrong but this is what I would have thought would be the case.
 

John Duncan

Well-known member
That to me is introducing a connection you don't really need. You;re using WMA so presume also using Windows Media Player. Fairly sure there's a setting in there called 'media sharing', which if you turn on, makes your PC a server which the NA7004 can access without wires (which is what it's for, really).
 

fr0g

New member
Jan 7, 2008
445
0
0
Visit site
John Duncan said:
That to me is introducing a connection you don't really need. You;re using WMA so presume also using Windows Media Player. Fairly sure there's a setting in there called 'media sharing', which if you turn on, makes your PC a server which the NA7004 can access without wires (which is what it's for, really).

I don't *think* it has built-in Wifi?
 

John Duncan

Well-known member
No, you're right, so the OP would need to add a wireless access point or wire into the router if it's close by. he could use AirPlay with no extra hardware but would need to switch to iTunes and convert his WMAs to something else...
 

fr0g

New member
Jan 7, 2008
445
0
0
Visit site
John Duncan said:
No, you're right, so the OP would need to add a wireless access point or wire into the router if it's close by. he could use AirPlay with no extra hardware but would need to switch to iTunes and convert his WMAs to something else...

To be fair though, there's nothing wrong with USB :)

So in essence, the answer is simply "No, your computer is fine" :)
 

John Duncan

Well-known member
fr0g said:
John Duncan said:
No, you're right, so the OP would need to add a wireless access point or wire into the router if it's close by. he could use AirPlay with no extra hardware but would need to switch to iTunes and convert his WMAs to something else...

To be fair though, there's nothing wrong with USB :)

So in essence, the answer is simply "No, your computer is fine" :)

Agreed, I was just trying to reduce wires.
 

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts