I have been running a hard drive for about a year now and it sounds superb. As stated above, the convienience is fantastic. Foobar has been my choice for the front end, with a Chaintek 710 for bit perfect output. The DAC is the Musical Fidelity Tri Vista 21 to a Bryston BP 26 and 4 Bryston 7BSST amps. What sounds best is up to you and your ears.
Hard Drive based system
I posted this in the digital forum and got no responses.
I've read all of the threads I could find on a "server" type system. I plan on running a hard drive, to a Waveterminal, to a DAC. My question is, can a system like this sound as good, or better than, my cd player? Is it all up to the DAC? I want the convenience of a server, but not at the expense of sound quality.
I currently have a Marantz 8260 CD/SACD player.
I've read all of the threads I could find on a "server" type system. I plan on running a hard drive, to a Waveterminal, to a DAC. My question is, can a system like this sound as good, or better than, my cd player? Is it all up to the DAC? I want the convenience of a server, but not at the expense of sound quality.
I currently have a Marantz 8260 CD/SACD player.