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Is my wireless setup as good as a decent CD Player

I am working out my first decent system and am hunting down the right receiver, but I thought I would ask some of you about the path that I allready started down regardnig my wireless music collection setup.

I have all my music ripped to itunes on my iMac in Lossless format. I have an airport express that the iMac streams music to (which is documented as being lossless transmission). The airport express has optical toslink out which I plug into a Musical Fidelity x-dac v3. From there I go into a junk receiver I am trying to replace and then a pair of totem Sttaf's. Everyting should be enjoyable once I get a good integrated receiver in this chain.

I am wondering if I have missed anything regarding the wireless/xdac setup? I am under the impression that I am getting at least as good "music" out of my wireless/xdac as if I had a comperable single CD Player in its place. My understanding is that the xdac does a good job re-timing things which is a concern of toslink.
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shawnparslow OP
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Great advice. I alsohave a Motu firewire recording interface that will allow me to use a digital out to go into the other input on the x-dacv3

I had kind of been thinking that although the x-dac supposedly corrects timing issues, perhaps the wireless and the toslink both introduce their own timing issues which the dac might not smooth out.

As you say though ...i guess ears are the only thing that can tell rather then tech specs.

I do need to get a better receiver in this system before I can make any critical decisions.
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