Hi all, from reading some of the forum posts on here and reviews in the magazine I'm starting to feel like cds are a bit outdated. I just wanted some advice on where to start with playing music directly from my laptop? I have an Onkyo micro at the moment but looking to upgrade to separates, perhaps without a cd player if computer-based music is the future.
My laptop is fairly basic and I don't think it has optical outputs or anything similar - just USB or ethernet connections. I presume I need a DAC to connect to an amplifier but not sure how this will be connected? Is there some other hardware required such as a NAS drive? I've heard of these but not really sure what they do!
Also, all my music is on iTunes - would I need to convert to a different format?
Thanks
My laptop is fairly basic and I don't think it has optical outputs or anything similar - just USB or ethernet connections. I presume I need a DAC to connect to an amplifier but not sure how this will be connected? Is there some other hardware required such as a NAS drive? I've heard of these but not really sure what they do!
Also, all my music is on iTunes - would I need to convert to a different format?
Thanks