PC Streaming Audio Help Please
PC streaming audio advice. I just signed up with Spotify Premium and in preferences I checked HI-Res streaming and Hardware Acceleration. I purchased an inexpensive PC audio card (audiodeck 24HF) with Toslink output and acceleration ability because when I first hooked up my PC and tried to use it’s coax output, I introduced a groundloop “buzz”. Now the system via the soundcard in my PC is connected by Toslink. The Toslink cable I settled with after trying a few has 280 Glass fibers with a mirror polish, it’s a no-name cable, 12 feet long and picked up for $29 from HDTVhookup.com, it has demonstrated to me that Toslink is a viable option as it sounds great, and there lies my question.
The inexpensive audio card is via Toslink connected to my Cambridge Audio AZUR 840C CDP is performing a reclocking and upsample to 24/386, the sound card is sending a 24 bit 96Khz (it’s max) signal to the AZUR and as I said it really sounds good, but can it be better? I was toying with the idea of upgrading the soundcard to something that can send a higher bit rate, or maybe a card that has an isolated coax connection, but I have no idea what card to purchase and am looking for suggestions. A big question I have is do I want a card that sends out a higher rate sample rate or do I want to actually send the lowest rate where the much more sophisticated CDP handles all of the up conversion?
Your thoughts please!! Thank you!
Rpg
The inexpensive audio card is via Toslink connected to my Cambridge Audio AZUR 840C CDP is performing a reclocking and upsample to 24/386, the sound card is sending a 24 bit 96Khz (it’s max) signal to the AZUR and as I said it really sounds good, but can it be better? I was toying with the idea of upgrading the soundcard to something that can send a higher bit rate, or maybe a card that has an isolated coax connection, but I have no idea what card to purchase and am looking for suggestions. A big question I have is do I want a card that sends out a higher rate sample rate or do I want to actually send the lowest rate where the much more sophisticated CDP handles all of the up conversion?
Your thoughts please!! Thank you!
Rpg
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