Hi
First off sorry for asking another question about PC's and DAC I guuess its been pretty well covered already, but Ive been out of touch for a while.
I recently started to update my system, Rotel RCD02, Rotel RA02 and Kef Q3, first off with a change to Marantz PM6003. All good very happy with upgrade.
Like many I have a large collection MP3, AAC and FLAC files stored on a netbook set aside to act as a 'server', it also runs iTunes, Spotify and Last.fm. This is curently feeding into the PM6003 via a headphone jack to phono, yes I know how bad that is, but its only there for proof of concept.
My original idea was to go for something like an Arcam rDac, using co-Ax from the Rotel RCD02 and USB from the Netbook. This would give me a nice boost from CD and clearly a massive jump from the netbook, which also being upgraded from iTunes to Foobar.
Then I thought, would it be possible upgrade the CD to say Marantz CD6003/4 (the more wife friendly - it all looks the same/fewer boxes option) and hook up netbook via USB to use the DAC there. Im not sure if this is possible, and if so would I use the Marantz to access the music via uPnP or does net book see the Marantz as an audio device to output to?
As i say Im a bit out of touch with this so any advice is greatly received. My budget is around the £300 mark for the changes.
Thanks
First off sorry for asking another question about PC's and DAC I guuess its been pretty well covered already, but Ive been out of touch for a while.
I recently started to update my system, Rotel RCD02, Rotel RA02 and Kef Q3, first off with a change to Marantz PM6003. All good very happy with upgrade.
Like many I have a large collection MP3, AAC and FLAC files stored on a netbook set aside to act as a 'server', it also runs iTunes, Spotify and Last.fm. This is curently feeding into the PM6003 via a headphone jack to phono, yes I know how bad that is, but its only there for proof of concept.
My original idea was to go for something like an Arcam rDac, using co-Ax from the Rotel RCD02 and USB from the Netbook. This would give me a nice boost from CD and clearly a massive jump from the netbook, which also being upgraded from iTunes to Foobar.
Then I thought, would it be possible upgrade the CD to say Marantz CD6003/4 (the more wife friendly - it all looks the same/fewer boxes option) and hook up netbook via USB to use the DAC there. Im not sure if this is possible, and if so would I use the Marantz to access the music via uPnP or does net book see the Marantz as an audio device to output to?
As i say Im a bit out of touch with this so any advice is greatly received. My budget is around the £300 mark for the changes.
Thanks