mkozlows;140899 Wrote:
HeadRoom's MicroDAC ($300) is a DAC, but because it has a USB input,
it's also effectively an external soundcard.
By the same reasoning, a Squeezebox is an external DAC with an Ethernet
input, and it costs no more than the MicroDAC. Perhaps just buying
another Squeezebox
I have a SoundBlaster Extigy, which is an external version of thier
Audigy card. It's been highly reviewed by most of the tech publishers.
It connects via USB and also comes with a remote. It's got lots of
digital and analog inputs and outputs, and even will operate in stand
alone mode if you
I have RME 9632 and using it as a transport, is much much better than
SB2 as a transport.
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cliveb;140937 Wrote:
By the same reasoning, a Squeezebox is an external DAC with an Ethernet
input, and it costs no more than the MicroDAC. Perhaps just buying
another Squeezebox (and a $10 Ethernet hub if necessary) would be the
simplest way of achieving equal sound quality.
But it doesn't
mkozlows;141051 Wrote:
But it doesn't have the same functionality. A sound card (whether USB
or internal) can be used for listening to games, DRMed audio, movies,
or whatever other incidental sounds you might have. The Squeezebox
can't do that.
Ah, right. I missed the point you're making -
I have an M-Audio Audiophile USB card (somewhere), which I'd say is not
too far behind my SB2...personal choice though.
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