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• RE: How is something like this better (for you) than - Audio Pharaoh 02:23:07 09/02/11 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: How is something like this better (for you) than posted by Frihed89 on September 01, 2011 at 13:17:59

  Hi Mac ! My music is stored and backed up in my main PC, streamed through a Linn Sneaky DS and digitally fed to an Esoteric D-07 external DAC. Am also expecting an Audio Note Kits DAC 2.1 to build and have some fun comparisons with the Esoteric.
  
  I had recently auditioned the Cambridge and like it a lot. The Linn is sonically better as a transport but the Cambridge was still a stellar performer to be recommended if one needed a network streamer on a budget.
  
  I also liked the USB feature in the Cambridge and tried an external HD with it.
  
  I had also tried the Sonos last year and felt it was lacking in many ways not to mention it was sonically inferior as a transport, in audiophile terms.
  
  I recommended the Cambridge to the OP as I feel it's the best solution if sound quality and features are the main requisites.
  
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• RE: How is something like this better (for you) than - classfolkphile 13:53:53 09/01/11 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: How is something like this better (for you) than posted by Frihed89 on September 01, 2011 at 13:17:59

  I have a Mac Mini with a large external hard drive and external DAC (modded Havana via an ART Legato converter) in my main system. I want something relatively inexpensive and compact for (lengthy) background listening (primarily, as I said, for Internet radio/Pandora type services), so I don't have to leave my computer on all the time. It would be nice to also be able to connect a back up drive to it.
  

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  • I missed that (about the inexpensive) - Frihed89 21:36:13 09/01/11 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: How is something like this better (for you) than posted by classfolkphile on September 01, 2011 at 13:53:53

    If you're going to use an IPOD as as a source, I can highly recommend the sound from the Wadia 170iTransport. It's an extra $200, but with lossless and WAVE files. Sadly, I don't believe it has a USB out (just S/PDIF).
    
    Also, maybe it's too messy to have an IPOD-Wadia-Cambridge Server in series.
    "What did the Romans ever do for us?"
    
    

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