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  1. 07-23-2011, 11:58 AM #1
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    I've been using a couple of Roku SoundBridges for 5+ years now. Quality is exactly the same as CD with a lossless rip. The SoundBridge is long since out of production, and I may replace mine soon because they are limited to 16-bit/44.1kHz or 16-bit/48kHz and now I have plenty of 24-bit/88.2, 96, and 192kHz rips on my computer (I have to make 16/48 copies for my SoundBridges, and while they still sound great, I want full resolution). The Squeezebox Touch will play 24/96 stereo, but I'm holding out for something that can stream 24/96 5.1 channel and beyond. An interesting product is the Dune Max HD player, but it is more geared towards video and apparently doesn't play FLAC gaplessly (at the moment, anyway) unless you rip as a single file w/cue sheet.

    A friend of mine thinks I should just get a new laptop with HDMI and call it a day. He uses MediaMonkey4 with WASAPI enabled (as I do) and connects it to his pre/pro and it plays nearly everything (no SACD...yet) with bit-perfect output (FLAC, BluRay with Dolby or DTS lossless, DVD-Audio, etc).
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.

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  2. 07-23-2011, 02:35 PM #2
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    Smile Streaming Audio

    THanks for the info. I'll look up those players, but not much point if it's out of production.
    I'm new to all this digital stuff, like I mentioned I have vinyl and vacuum tube preamp and power amps.
    But the whole digital idea is interesting.
    How would you come out of a laptop to HDMI into a preamp with L+R inputs? The only thing I know of is my 50" plasma, it had hdmi in and audio out.
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  3. 07-24-2011, 05:53 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannotubes View Post
    How would you come out of a laptop to HDMI into a preamp with L+R inputs? The only thing I know of is my 50" plasma, it had hdmi in and audio out.
    It's a home theater pre (Integra) with HDMI. If I were to buy something right now and was only concerned about stereo playback it would be the Squeezebox Touch.
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.

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  4. 07-24-2011, 07:41 AM #4
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    Streaming Players

    It's a cheap enough unit, but how does it really sound???
    I would like to replace a CD player, I don't think A/D converter would be real HI FI quality. Now it does everything else as far as being on the network and not having to use a PC monitor to view your library. I think the LInn Sneaky DS is the cadillac.
    But that's $250 verses $2200!!!!
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  5. 07-24-2011, 10:40 AM #5
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    It has digital outputs so use whatever DAC you prefer.
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.

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