MF V-DAC and power supply


I know this is a very elementary question for most of you buy I'm hoping you will help. I have a pretty good basic system with:

1. Cary SLP-94 Preamp
2. Balanced Audio Technology VK200 Amplifier (SS)
3. Tube Audio Design 60 Amplifier (tube)
4. Rega P3-24 with TTPSU, upgrade subplatter (Groovetracer) and counterweight (Mitchell), Herbie's mat, Clearaudio Virtuoso cartridge
5. Cambridge Audio 650 CD player

I want to get into PC audio, so.......I ripped all my CDs into Itunes Apple Lossless. And now am at a loss (less)

I am thinking about buying a Musical Fidelity V-DAC with a power supply upgrade and using it to to play the files through my system. My questions:

1. Is the MF V-DAC good enough? That is, will I be satisfied with the sound through the system that I have or do I need something better?
2. Do I need to do anything other than hook the V-DAC through the usb port on my laptop and hit play? Or, do I need to do more in relation to lossless or to playing the damn thing?

Thanks for any help you are willing to give.
6. Acoustic Zen Adagio Speakers
gmsasso

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Hotmailjbc-I have the M2Tech EVO utilizing Windows 7
Desktop. EVO sounds good with a little emphasis in
Mid-Range. Complete P-I-T-A to install Software/Drivers.
No Paper Manual, and Downloaded Manual Instructions don't
match Installation Software Configuration step by step.
Customer is left to guess. Downloaded Installation
Software is compressed File amongst 10 Files in a Folder.
No instructions on which File to install, crap shoot for
Customer to install. Only 2 Folders can be Downloaded from
M2Tech Website-one for PC and one for Mac. Individual Files
cannot be Downloaded separately and no instructions on which File to install. Lazy Manufacturers Customer Support Tools in an extreme! Sent an E-mail to M2Tech for assistance, got a response back in Italian-Nuts! Imagine your Owners Manual for your Car written in Italian, over half the steps missing, and 90% of the Manual doesn't even apply to your Make or Model Car. You would be on the phone raising hell with someone, especially if it seriously screwed your Car up. Instead, M2Tech gets a PC Audio Medal for saving Trees. Who cares if the Device doesn't work for half of the Customers. Just imagine all of the Trees that THIS will save!
I figure atleast half of those purchasing the EVO are
having installation Software problems. If it is War that
is where the Trenches are. We are losing the Battle, and our General (M2Tech) is strangely absent from the
Battlefield. When you are talking about 50% casualties,
what is there to figure out? Do you need a Slide Rule?
If this is PC Audio, it is one Hell of a way to run a War!
Half of those on the Battlefront are abandoning the cause-
(PC Audio)! They are fed up, and disgusted as I am, with
the War Propaganda of Convenience in PC Audio. Things do
not look good from the Front. The War is being slowly lost.
Do you have some good News about the War that I am unaware
of? I could certainly use it right now. I am certainly not the ONLY one demoralized with the PC Audio War effort! We
lose it, it is not the Solders in the Field Fault. This lies squarely on the Generals shoulders! You are just
plesantly oblivious to what is happening in the Trenches.
Our Solders are being massacered, its bloody, and there is
no (Customer) Support for the Wounded. I am sure things look rosie from your end!
Hotmailjbc-MAC's are great! Never seen better Video Graphics than on a Desktop MAC. They also cost twice as much as Desktop PC-exception of Mini's and I-Pad's. If
I could afford it, I would go for it. I have slammed
8 more Gigs of Ram into my Desktop for $88.00. Little
more problematic with Laptops, Mini's, and I-Pad's. I suppose that it still can be done. Still like modular
design with upgrade potential that is dirt cheap. Just can't do the same inexpensively with a MAC, but if I
could afford it, you bet! Seems all of the newest, and best Music Server Programs are going MAC. If only I could
afford it (Desktop MAC), and still upgrade later (Mini's and I-Pad's?). I-Pad's, why does that sound like a Feminine Hygene Commercial-Joke! Joke!
Hotmailjbc-Sounds like a sweetheart deal. Would love to hear the Sound Quality on it. How does it Sound, and in
conjuction with which equipment are you using it? I know what you mean with the Antivirus Stuff with PC. If Microsoft keeps sending me weekly Security Essential Updates-years of this has got to eat up Storage even on a Terrabite System. Some of us just use PC's out of economic necessity, especially modular Desktop to allow means of upgrading as finances allow. It doesn't mean that we don't drool over the Mac's. The smaller, and less expensive, Mac stuff might be a little more problematic to upgrade. Still, with a ss hd, very tempting. The thing with ss hd is half as much Storage at twice the price of standard Hard Drive. I am sure that the price will come down as Storage goes up. Sweet deal though, who did you buy it from?