RE: Newbie here - Basic question

Posted by FlaCharlie (A) on April 5, 2021 at 06:31:16

In Reply to: Newbie here - Basic question posted by Phil_S on April 5, 2021 at 03:30:31:

I'm new to all this too, so probably can't be of much help, and my approach is probably about 10 or 12 years out of date, but . . . if your budget is very limited and your intention is to mostly listen to burned CDs, why not just burn them to iTunes using Apple Lossless format?

That's what I've done in the past whenever I import CDs, many of which were checked out from the library. I usually play CDs from my own collection on a player as I've never gotten around to burning them all to the computer.

More recently, I'm using a few Apple Airport Express units to send music wirelessly (using Wi-Fi) to various systems around the house. The Express has a dual audio output. You can use its internal DAC and send analog out to a stereo or headphones. The same output is also a mini toslink digital output so you can bypass the internal DAC and use a newer external one, like the Modi3+. I just picked up a couple of the Airport Expresses on eBay. One was $13 shipped and the other was under $6. If you stream a lossless file from iTunes the output is also lossless.

I'm using the A1264 version of the Airport Express, which is the second version of the first generation, although some people mistakenly refer to as the second generation. Apple did make a second generation but they apparently have issues with audio skipping. Apple no longer makes or officially supports either version.

I'm sure there are many more modern and technically superior ways to do this but if you're on a tight budget this will work. I've mostly been using streaming sources off my computers (2012 Mac Mini and 2011 Macbook Pro) like Spotify, Radio Paradise, etc, all of which work fine like this too.

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Topic - Newbie here - Basic question - Phil_S 03:30:31 04/05/21 (19)

RE: Newbie here - Basic question - MaggiesAndCats 10:42:52 04/05/21 (0)

RE: Newbie here - Basic question - Phil_S 09:38:43 04/05/21 (15)

RE: Newbie here - Basic question - Cut-Throat 09:52:16 04/05/21 (14)

RE: Newbie here - Basic question - Jaundiced Ear 04:37:56 04/20/21 (0)

As someone who was advised the same by Cut-Throat... - raingerz 21:50:33 04/05/21 (12)

RE: one issue with RPI: no way to stream Amazon HD - LtMandella 18:56:20 04/07/21 (0)

RE: As someone who was advised the same by Cut-Throat... - Gary 08:32:33 04/07/21 (0)

RE: As someone who was advised the same by Cut-Throat... - zacster 13:36:06 04/06/21 (9)

Local music - mlsstl 08:34:36 04/10/21 (1)

RE: Local music - zacster 12:07:36 04/10/21 (0)

I have only about 25 CD albums on hard drive... - raingerz 22:28:50 04/06/21 (0)

I agree with you on this, as I hardly ever play mine ................ - Cut-Throat 13:55:56 04/06/21 (5)

RE: I agree with you on this, as I hardly ever play mine ................ - zacster 03:32:47 04/07/21 (4)

Sold the Accuphase CDP. Gave away all my CDs last year except.... - AbeCollins 12:12:37 04/12/21 (0)

RE I just play MCH............ - Javier 22:15:49 04/08/21 (1)

RE: RE I just play MCH............ - Kal Rubinson 09:35:53 04/09/21 (0)

Yup, I gave away all my CDs about 5 years ago and never looked back....... - Cut-Throat 04:35:11 04/07/21 (0)

RE: Newbie here - Basic question - Cut-Throat 07:50:54 04/05/21 (0)

RE: Newbie here - Basic question - FlaCharlie 06:31:16 04/05/21 (0)

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