Hi all
I'm sure most would agree that iPods are very convenient but sound rubbish even with the best doc. With this in mind it seems like an obvious idea for someone to make an HDD media separate with an onboard DAC. Basically somewhere to store large amounts of uncompressed music files either direct from CD or FLAC lossless files. A piece of equipment that can be wired directly to a preamp or an integrated amp.
So far I have found the Chord Media Engine but at £17,000 this is ridiculously unobtainable for most people.
This is such an obvious idea; it isn’t something that should be expensive or hard to come by in this day and age.... Should it? But I can’t find one! Am I just not looking properly?
Any ideas?
I'm sure most would agree that iPods are very convenient but sound rubbish even with the best doc. With this in mind it seems like an obvious idea for someone to make an HDD media separate with an onboard DAC. Basically somewhere to store large amounts of uncompressed music files either direct from CD or FLAC lossless files. A piece of equipment that can be wired directly to a preamp or an integrated amp.
So far I have found the Chord Media Engine but at £17,000 this is ridiculously unobtainable for most people.
This is such an obvious idea; it isn’t something that should be expensive or hard to come by in this day and age.... Should it? But I can’t find one! Am I just not looking properly?
Any ideas?