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Music Servers vs. High-End CD & DAC--Help Please

Hello Audiogon Experts--I cannot begin to thank you enough for all I've learned from you the past 4 years:-)

I have B&W 800's / Denon 5308CI (a) / HT System / Great Cables / Blu Ray / Furman Conditioner / Sony CDP-1 SACD Player / Weiss DAC.

I like CD music in 2 channel, but dislike having to change discs all the time.

Is a higher-end music server like a McIntosh MS300 or equivalent with all my CDs recorded on it, run through my DAC, or even my Denon 5308CI (a) going to give me as good or better sound that using my stand-alone SACD?

Thanks in advance!:-)
djones1915

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martykl
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I own a Cary 303 and a QSonix server. Running the digital signal out of the Cary into either my Canbridge dacMagic or my Benchmark allows direct comparison to my QSonix run thru the same DAC. Someone out there might hear a difference, but I certainly don't. And, believe me, I tried to. The functionality (GUI & associated software) of the QSonix is great and I will never go back to a stand-alone CD player.

Marty

BTW, I've written about it in these threads so you can search for QSonix to get my (lengthly) description of this unit. It's pretty expensive, but I'm sure that there are good alternatives with a similar GUI. If I were looking at a lower price point, I'd check out the new H-P touch screen PCs, for starters.
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