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Is there a Rosetta Stone for digital speak?

Trying to transition from CD transport and DAC to computer HD based system without making horrific mistteps. Running into a hail storm of tech speak and different formats which keeps me on the fence indefinitely waiting for the whole thing to reach some sort of stability.

Willing to invest a respectable amount for longer term viability of the components, but which direction?

Purchased and then returned without using the Mojo system as I started counting up how many separate pieces to make it all work. Ridiculous!!! And I'm not just picking on Mojo. Make fun of Bose as we all do, but a simple two box solution would be welcomed.

Does some manufacturer have this figured out? Thanks for understanding the rant.
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admranger
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Jonathan1257: I didn't take it as patronizing. However, I am wondering why I need anything but iTunes to do playback, etc. since I have no files higher than CD's that I imported. The Fidelia tech people I was in contact with when their software kept crashing say that up sampling has no benefit at all! Again, why do I need Fidelia or Audirvana unless I buy hi-res files?

I'm not interested in re-buying my CD library as hi-res files, so I guess I'll stick with what I have. If I want to play songs via the Sabre's in my Oppo 95, I have a 32gb thumb drive I can download them to.
admranger
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Lewinskih01: Why Audiirvana+ vs. using Fidelia (or Fidelia Advanced)? Just curious. Not the first time I've heard this recommendation for Audirvana but none for Fidelia (that I can remember)...

Based on some prodding to learn more about this digital audio stuff, I started some googling and found this article:

http://www.headfonia.com/os-x-audio-players-amarra-audirvana-pure-music-fidelia-decibel-and-bitperfect/

Has a nice writeup on osx audio players. I'm playing with the 15 day trial of Fidelia right now. My cpu is smoking hot up converting all my iTunes songs to a better format so I can see if my old ears can tell a difference. Is Audiirvana a better choice?

I don't have the budget for a high end DAC or music server, so I'm just going to use a (large) good USB flash drive with my Oppo 95 for now and let the Sabre's do their magic.

Good stuff here from you guys!
admranger
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Most of my music was imported from my CDs into apple lossless files. I understand that it would be hard to get too much upside to converting 256k files... That's a lot of missing info.
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