Im a bit confused about the whole digital streaming world! Most of my Cd`s have now been uploaded onto my laptop and I`m looking to take advantage of this for convenience and remote access (being able to control what plays from my laptop) without the laptop having to be switched on.
Im confused as to the difference between digital streaming of the Linn and the Audiolab doing the same job through its DAC, indeed is the Linn simply a DAC with a pre/power amp on board.
What would be expected to sound the best of the two if indeed they are doing their job in a similar manner? Is information lost when uploading a CD onto a laptop and then the laptop used a source to play music through either the Linn or Audiolab? Finally when music is downloaded from say I-tunes is the qulaity exactly the same as from a physical CD of same recording bought from the store? As you can tell from my comments I am a little confused!!!
Thank you in advance for any help.
Im confused as to the difference between digital streaming of the Linn and the Audiolab doing the same job through its DAC, indeed is the Linn simply a DAC with a pre/power amp on board.
What would be expected to sound the best of the two if indeed they are doing their job in a similar manner? Is information lost when uploading a CD onto a laptop and then the laptop used a source to play music through either the Linn or Audiolab? Finally when music is downloaded from say I-tunes is the qulaity exactly the same as from a physical CD of same recording bought from the store? As you can tell from my comments I am a little confused!!!
Thank you in advance for any help.