Pulled together my hard drive based system

[Feanor]

For a few months it's been my goal to store, manage, and play my CD collection from a hard drive library. And I've finally pulled it together. Your comments are welcome.

Fundamentally I wanted to use Apple iTunes to store and manage everything; (yes, I do have an iPod). This diverted me a bit from a Squeezebox or Roku solution; these are great but (at least the Squeezebox) require addition software. Also I wanted to have my computer in the listening room where I could make up playlists in an impromptu manner.

I settled on an M-Audio Audiophile USB device, basically an external sound card connected via USB. In my case, to my laptop computer that's running the iTunes. The music files themselves are not stored on the laptop but on a network-attached hard drive connected via wireless.



See my configuration here:

http://gallery.audioreview.com/showp...sort=1&cat=500

This is a bit more complex than I'd really like. The biggest problem is that my Bel Canto integrated has no external processor, or tape, loop to accomodate my Behringer equalizer. Note that the Apt Holman is really just acting as an input selector; I'm using its External Processor output to feed the Bel Canto which is providing volume control