Linn Says Goodbye to CD Players!!!! Like Pix would say:

[Feanor]

Using an old computer for high quality music is quite frankly not very smart. Computers produce tremendous amounts of RFI that can produce distortion that sound like digital hash. That same distortion can also affect a pre-pro or a receiver as well.

There is a lot of work that must be done to make a computer match the quality of a dedicated music server, it is not just simply slapping a bunch of digital music files and calling it a music server.

Maybe so. I don't have a dedicated music server. But I can tell that my computer configuration, below, is easily better than my CDP.

[poppachubby]

I have those same concerns, but find that they can be addressed. I have ripped most of my music to a traditional, noisy desktop but only use it only in the office. There's a guy over at AA, however, who uses a compact and quiet Mac mini who connects to the DAC through Firewire and uses his iPod as the controller. Sounds pretty handy to me!

Abe's system

Scroll all the way down to see the components and the overall view. His arrangement appears quite neat and well laid out.

rw

Quite neat indeed, Apple provide alot of great means...I was more interested in his power set up. The Manley's look super impressive. Hey E-Stat, see in the photo he has his Slee amps in, are those 2 batteries he's powering from? If so, how could I do that?

[Feanor]

Quite neat indeed, Apple provide alot of great means...I was more interested in his power set up. The Manley's look super impressive. Hey E-Stat, see in the photo he has his Slee amps in, are those 2 batteries he's powering from? If so, how could I do that?

If you have an amplifier question, ask Abe Collins. He's owned virtually every amplfier know to man or woman.

[poppachubby]

If you have an amplifier question, ask Abe Collins. He's owned virtually every amplfier know to man or woman.

Yes I'm sure but I don't know him. I'm not interested in asking about his amps, I know about his Manley amps. Manley is one of my faves. I am interested in what looks like a battery power supply he has rigged up for his Slee amps. Have a look!

[axton1]

I have those same concerns, but find that they can be addressed. I have ripped most of my music to a traditional, noisy desktop but only use it only in the office. There's a guy over at AA, however, who uses a compact and quiet Mac mini who connects to the DAC through Firewire and uses his iPod as the controller. Sounds pretty handy to me!

Abe's system

Scroll all the way down to see the components and the overall view. His arrangement appears quite neat and well laid out.

rw

I have solved a similar problem by purchasing the Morpheus unit from Sonneteer it connects up my laptop and cd player and allows me to stream it around the house.
I can use it wifi or lan or if you don't want the wires you can use their bard hi fi send receive unit. It also has internet radio sd card and usb along with analogue and digital inputs. you can even plug your Lp12 into it !
I like this system because it creates a bridge between old and new formats.