Hello. My old Marantz CD player recently broke so I need a new player but I've decided to use my netbook as my audio player instead. There are a few reasons for this but the main reason being in this digital age there are an infinite number of audio formats and if I was to spend £500 on a CD player which can player mp3, acc etc a new format will probably be introduced and my £500 could become useless. At least with a computer I can just update the right software and job done and I wont have to spend more money on a new computer.
But my question is does my computers sound card have an effect on the audio quality output? I will have my computer plugged in to my Denon amplifier via an optical lead and one end of the lead will have a 3.5mm adaptor. But my concern is my computers sound card wont be good enough to replace a dedicated CD player. I dont know much about this so thats why I have posted my concern on here. Does the sound card make a difference on the audio quality? If yes what is the best sound card to have in my computer for optimum sound quality? Any help guys would be appreciated. Thanks.
But my question is does my computers sound card have an effect on the audio quality output? I will have my computer plugged in to my Denon amplifier via an optical lead and one end of the lead will have a 3.5mm adaptor. But my concern is my computers sound card wont be good enough to replace a dedicated CD player. I dont know much about this so thats why I have posted my concern on here. Does the sound card make a difference on the audio quality? If yes what is the best sound card to have in my computer for optimum sound quality? Any help guys would be appreciated. Thanks.