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Does Hardware Matter?

Analog dude here looking to stream online radio stations into my rig. Basic and probably stupid question:

What difference in sound quality will it make if I just get a $200 notebook vs a $3000 uberMac?

Just going to go out of the mic output (splitting into 2 RCAs) into the back of the amp. Have done this successfully with our MacBook Pro and it sounds pretty fine - just don't want to dump another bunch of $$$ into another MacBook to use exclusively for the rig if it's not going to really significantly upgrade the sound.

Isn't the sound quality more dependent on the bit rate of the source and not necessarily the "quality" of the machine you're using to stream with? But WTF do I know...

Thanks all.
2k95aero

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programmergeek
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I have been researching and testing the Mac Mini has been the best the bigger mac actually is money wasted the laptops not as good and can't be modded as much. Look at what martch2music does. ANyhow the Dac makes a big difference as well.

Also as mentioned above don't use itunes.
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