Hi All,
I'm a novice when it comes to hifi so please go easy on me if i'm asking the obvious.
I have approx 1000 CD's in my collection and am looking to store them on a device so they are not taking up half my room anymore. I currently play them on an old, basic all-in-one hifi. I don't like the way they sound on itunes/iphone and would like to be able to replay them in original sound quality on the new device. I probably wont buy any more CD's and just order albums on itunes in lossless format.
Have looked at the Olive 04HD and also units like the Cyrrus or Naim coupled with a NAS, and have the following questions:
1) If your CD collection is held on a NAS, why does it have to be streamed to the streaming device? ie why cant you just have it connected and not bother using streaming?
2) Are there differences in the sound quality of files held on wav on NAS devices or is a wav file the same on any device?
3) I hear none of the 3 devices I mentioned accept apple lossless files. Where would I get music in future in wav format (legitimately) as a download if i'm not buying cd's?
4) Any thoughts on which device is the best?
Any information would be a massive help - am struggling to understand all this new technology!
Cheers.
I'm a novice when it comes to hifi so please go easy on me if i'm asking the obvious.
I have approx 1000 CD's in my collection and am looking to store them on a device so they are not taking up half my room anymore. I currently play them on an old, basic all-in-one hifi. I don't like the way they sound on itunes/iphone and would like to be able to replay them in original sound quality on the new device. I probably wont buy any more CD's and just order albums on itunes in lossless format.
Have looked at the Olive 04HD and also units like the Cyrrus or Naim coupled with a NAS, and have the following questions:
1) If your CD collection is held on a NAS, why does it have to be streamed to the streaming device? ie why cant you just have it connected and not bother using streaming?
2) Are there differences in the sound quality of files held on wav on NAS devices or is a wav file the same on any device?
3) I hear none of the 3 devices I mentioned accept apple lossless files. Where would I get music in future in wav format (legitimately) as a download if i'm not buying cd's?
4) Any thoughts on which device is the best?
Any information would be a massive help - am struggling to understand all this new technology!
Cheers.