I am looking to buy a one room audiophile music system and this seems to be a good place to get advice. My questions relates to the source components.
I was thinking of getting a Notebook and connecting it to a DAC via USB that clock-locks to the DAC the output of the Notebook. The advantage of this to me is that I can put a CD in the tray of the Notebook and get audiophile performance from the CD. My understanding is that clock locking by the DAC (meaning the clock n the DAC is in control rather than the one in the Notebook) will eliminate the jitter caused by using a CD tray in a Notebook so I don't need an audiophile grade CD transport.
Using a Notebook I can also use Spotify etc, internet radio (including play again functions), streaming, a hard disc drive for storage of my CDs (from which I can play directly) and I can always add additional hard drive capacity via an external hard drive. I will also need a digital iPOD dock.
I would be looking for a quiet Notebook, someone has suggested Solid State storage for quietness.
As the Notebook is relatively cheap I wouldn't use it outside the confines of the system and I would remove all unnecessary software to make it run as effeciently and quietly as possible. I would use Foobar with ASIO4ALL for playback. To me it seems largely future proof, and I have no interest in controlling things from my mobile phone.
It all seems straightforward. So much so that I think I must have got something wrong.
My questions are would I be able to get audiophile quality from such a system, and what would be the advantages of doing it in any other way?
I am not looking to specify individual components at this stage.
Thanks in advance.
Fred
I was thinking of getting a Notebook and connecting it to a DAC via USB that clock-locks to the DAC the output of the Notebook. The advantage of this to me is that I can put a CD in the tray of the Notebook and get audiophile performance from the CD. My understanding is that clock locking by the DAC (meaning the clock n the DAC is in control rather than the one in the Notebook) will eliminate the jitter caused by using a CD tray in a Notebook so I don't need an audiophile grade CD transport.
Using a Notebook I can also use Spotify etc, internet radio (including play again functions), streaming, a hard disc drive for storage of my CDs (from which I can play directly) and I can always add additional hard drive capacity via an external hard drive. I will also need a digital iPOD dock.
I would be looking for a quiet Notebook, someone has suggested Solid State storage for quietness.
As the Notebook is relatively cheap I wouldn't use it outside the confines of the system and I would remove all unnecessary software to make it run as effeciently and quietly as possible. I would use Foobar with ASIO4ALL for playback. To me it seems largely future proof, and I have no interest in controlling things from my mobile phone.
It all seems straightforward. So much so that I think I must have got something wrong.
My questions are would I be able to get audiophile quality from such a system, and what would be the advantages of doing it in any other way?
I am not looking to specify individual components at this stage.
Thanks in advance.
Fred