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audio request

Does anyone have experience with this hard drive product and can speak to whether using its digital out capacity can result in audiophile quality sound? I am considering using it to convert a lot of cds-uncompressed-and sending a digital signal to krell dacs in multiple locations. It would only make sense if the sound quality was roughly equivalent to what I use for sources now, which is various Krell transports. thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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yuri777
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Audio ReQuest compresses your CDs into MP3s and stores them into its hardrive.
Hardly audiophile, it is basically going the oposite way sonically, (unless your idea of hi-fi is listening to 128kps MP3s)

For less than the $800 Audio ReQuest hardware, i can buy a Shuttle computer, a 300Gb hardrive and a Terratec 24/96 card. I could store close to 400 uncompressed CDs and play them back with a sound quality that would run circles around the Audio ReQuest unit.
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