So since I have the place to myself, I can strew the living room with lots of equipment with impunity.
Anf if anybody was wondering, the iMac (straight from the headphone socket, as opposed to into a DAC), is not as good as the CD player when playing the same material - there's a noticeable 'thickening' to the sound. It's better than the Airport Express - in fact for casual listening I could probably live with it. So that scotches the 'An Apple Computer is an audiophile music source' rumour.
If I could find my toslink-to-mini-toslink cable, I'd have stuck it into the DAC on my Yamaha and out through the preouts to see if there was any improvement...........
Anf if anybody was wondering, the iMac (straight from the headphone socket, as opposed to into a DAC), is not as good as the CD player when playing the same material - there's a noticeable 'thickening' to the sound. It's better than the Airport Express - in fact for casual listening I could probably live with it. So that scotches the 'An Apple Computer is an audiophile music source' rumour.
If I could find my toslink-to-mini-toslink cable, I'd have stuck it into the DAC on my Yamaha and out through the preouts to see if there was any improvement...........