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Building a music server - newbie

OK - there are probably posts already. Old guy wants to build a music server. From what I understand I just need a computer, sound card and some software. Waiting for Window 7 to come out & will get a PC.

Sound card. Looks like the Lynx is highly rated but it's $700.00. Any comments on the ASUS card for $175.00.

Software. Looks like a lot out there. Seems like J River or Monkey Media? comments.

I am just going to hook this up to my stereo preamp to run it through my speakers.

Any suggestions welcome as I am trying to educate myself and am not overly technical.

Thanks
dmgrant1

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sogood51
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I use a 2.4 gig dual core with 8 gigs of ram....digital out to a monarchy M-24 Dac/preamp.

I use dbpoweramp software as my ripper (wav file, and it gets all the album covers for display in Media Center)....and I use Windows media center for playback.

And of course....I've been using Windows 7 for months....I love it, best operating system ever! (and I'm a linux guy)
sogood51
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I forgot to state that I use a 1tb usb drive to store my music...and a program called "Orb" to stream my music to other computers in my home.

Dave
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