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Grador
Audioholic Field Marshall
I'd like to touch on this real quick. When you encode music to FLAC you lose nothing in the process, just like a wave file only ~half the size. Easier on the harddrive and easier on the network (if you end up playing files off a network).Thanks
So if I buy a receiver like the one you suggested and rip my cd's to a flac or wave ( is wave a good format) the receiver will decode the hdcd and play it back for me.
I agree with almost all of the advice given to you so far, but I think you'd be best off with a less expensive receiver that lacks built in network/USB playback, opting instead for a player such as a WD TV or similar. There is some money savings to be had, and in my experience the user interface of many of the external boxes are superior to that built into receivers.