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2channel lover
Audioholic Field Marshall
I use JRiver...relatively inexpensive software...it's a great ripper, file manager, even playback...handles hi res files, multi-channel. I haven't dug too deep into it's capabilities yet, but fairly intuitive and plenty of forum help.Hello everyone. Just had a few questions about what the best/easiest way to listen to digital audio through my preamp 2 channel system. Does any one format sound better than the next? Do I need any sort of software on my tablet, phone and or laptop when I plug into the DAC to handle the music? I know they had a wireless hub at the audioshop where you could just choose a song from your phone and it will start playing through the system, but I don't think that is necessary. Will the remote work for the preamp to change songs or do I have to run up to the laptop and change songs?
If I had CD files on my laptop, iTunes, or a streaming service what have you; which is superior? If I find the highest bitrate of a certain track and send it to the preamp, will it be downscaling it?
The reason I ask is I am all about quality and like the best listening experience possible. If I am going to sign up to a streaming service and save files from it, I'd like it to be uncompressed lossless audio. What is the best way to do this in terms of digital/streaming songs? Sure I'll have CDs, vinyl etc to play, but when friends come over and they want a certain song played, it'd be nice to just find it and enjoy the highest quality representation of that audio there is. Thanks for any input..
As a player...it has some nice features. I like how it phases in songs DJ style. For whole house music, I've used the JRiver player, but I prefer the Oppo 205 as a streamer for critical listening. So far, all of my hi res music has been physical media...SACDs...I'm almost ready to convert my laptop to a music server and I will be able to try some hi res downloads.