Question about Rotel RC-1082 pre-amp.
Hi, I looked up this pre-amp and noticed on the back of it theres a network connection is it for like connecting a PC and listen to music?
Also, what would be the best way to listen to mp3s through a high end pre-amp/poweramp combo with some floorstander speakers, and is the sound quality decent?
thanks
Referring to the manual ...
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Originally Posted by agentsteel
Hi, I looked up this pre-amp and noticed on the back of it theres a network connection is it for like connecting a PC and listen to music?
Also, what would be the best way to listen to mp3s through a high end pre-amp/poweramp combo with some floorstander speakers, and is the sound quality decent?
thanks
Looking at the manual at the link supplied by elapsed, you'll see that the RJ-45 connections is intended to accept remote control codes from you program that is running suitable R/C software: it is very unlikely that it will handle streamed audio files.
Arguably the best way to send audio files from your computer to your preamp is to connect the former to USB DAC (digital to analog converter), and the DAC to the preamp using one of the high-level, analog inputs.
However using a device like the Squeebox is a very practical solution that adds wireless remote access to your computer.