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Used Rega Planet or Apollo vs. affordable PC audio

I am just starting out on this, and I have spec'd out a system that I am thinking about buying - iTunes running ALC to an Airport Express, then optical thru a Van Den Hul Opticoupler to a MF V-DAC. I am curious if anyone thinks the sound will beat a used Rega Apollo/Planet, or a used Rotel RCC-1055; that's right, I like changers. Sorry. Also thinking about adding a Monarchy DIP Classic to the signal path later on. Current amp is a 15 year old Yami, running B&W 685s and a HSU VTF-1. Thanks.
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soundgasm
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Really? An ex record exec said that discs will never die? Imagine that. ;-)

Look at your VHS movie collection. Look at Netflix plans (and actions).

There's no denying that the future is in file-based media...it's only a question of where you want to be in the adoption curve. For some of us it's now; for others it's never. YMMV.

And x2 the observation that if you're a changer kind of guy, file-based music is a neverending party.
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