Would like to play 24 bit/192 kHz audio files

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I have a 3 year old Samsung 46" and have just bought a NAD M51 preamplifier/DAC which I'm going to use with a pair of Vincent SP-997 mono poweraps and Dynaudio Excite x32 floorstanding speakers.

I'd like to be able to play FLAC files at 24 bit/192 kHz (the NAD M51 can accept files at that resolution on it's digital inputs.)

Should I get a Blu-Ray player for this or is there a better/cheaper way?

Which player should I pick, if so?

Thanks!

 

[expat_mike]

Partly it depends on how your music is stored. It looks like you can play music stored on a simple USB memory stick - to me that is the cheapest option, but some people will consider it to be a lot of hassle to copy music files to the memory stick.

 

[spiny norman]

Or just connect your computer directly using a USB cable. Apparently doesn't matter which cable, as they all sound the same* but then again you'll also be tould you're wasting your time as CD-quality/MP3/Florrie Ford singing on a 1910 wax record will sound just as good, and all this hi-res stuff is a rip-off. *acute*

*YMMV

 

[abacus]

Doesn't matter what you use so long as it can stream 24/192 files, however there is very little 24/192 content available (Even professional film & music studios only use 24/96 for recording) so ask yourself do you really need this capability?

Hope this helps

Bill

 

[fr0g]

Doesn't matter what you use so long as it can stream 24/192 files, however there is very little 24/192 content available (Even professional film & music studios only use 24/96 for recording) so ask yourself do you really need this capability?

Hope this helps

Bill

Not to mention, that for playback at least, there is no audible difference between 16/44.1 and 24/192*

I posted some test results a while back of null tests between CD quality and higher... the resulting difference files were essentially minutes worth of silence.

*There are however many albums available in HD format that *do* sound better...This is a result of better/different mastering, nothing else. 16 bits is more than enough dynamic range for the extremes of human hearing, and 44.1 KHz gives us a perfect waveform up to 22KHz which again, is higher than any human can perceive sound.

If you haven't got the capability, you can simply downsample any HD files you have.