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MacBook, old receiver, and external hard drives

I'm putting together a 2nd system with an older Denon 635R Receiver, 2 year old MacBook and two 1 Terabyte Hard drives that contain most of my music in a variety of formats (FLAC, SHn, mp3, AIFF).

I realize I need a budget DAC between the MacBook and the receiver (looking at the Schiit Bifrost), but not sure about the best way to access the Hard Drives and manage through the MacBook (without loading all the music on it).

Also, I'm reading other threads about limitations of the USB interface btw all these components, but don't quite understand that.

Finally, would it be easier to load up everthing on to iCloud for ease of access/storage?

Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
bigasscab

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Thanks for your response Mwheelerk.

I do plan on using iTunes, but may augment with a budget "skin" that will improve playback quality (recommendations welcome).

I understand that its best to use different formats for the MacBook input (firewire from Hard Drive) and output (asynchronous USB to DAC)?

Any take on the Wyred 4 Sound uDAC?

BTW, SHN is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorten
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