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I'm struggling to get my head around this one as well. How does this compare to just using the CDS3000?

Why? I really struggle to see how one digital stream is any different from any other. I haven't played with linux for a few years now, largely because I haven't had to. I am thinking of trying a few distros out on an old laptop we have lying around the house, more because I can than any other...

I'm using droidme83. It's pretty basic, but it allows me to choose albums listed in my favourites. Otherwise, the TV is always an option.

This could be an interesting next step. I'm now set up with a Mede8er 1000 - currently with a 2TB hard drive inside, but I may go to wireless, and stick the drive in a NAS box - playing into a Maverick Audio D1 DAC and tube pre-amp and the power stage of a NAD 3020i. Works well, although I still...

I tried to put together a lightweight spec for such a PC. It comes out quite expensive, once you get to a high quality digital sound output - 24/192 over coax or optical. The cheaper cases are also quite fugly. If you have ideas for a spec which won't break the bank and which looks OK, it's...

OK. Following my previous thread on getting a working DAC - Amp - Speakers solution, I'm now looking for a means to get the flac files into the DAC. I'm currently using a very old laptop over a wireless network, which isn't up to the job as far as streaming is concerned. So I'm now looking for...

The kit is now nicely in transition. The old crappy laptop - the weakest link is now outputting sound via USB to a Maverick Audio D1 DAC with the valve pre-amp outputs connected to the power amp inputs on the 3020i. Very nice sound. Now I need a reason not to use a Mede8er as a source, to put...

Thermite also works well, but doesn't leave the drive in a usable condition. Alternatively, this has always worked for me in cases like this.

I'll do so. At the moment, I think it's going to move to my computer.

Trawling the interwebs, I have come up with the idea of replacing the Asus Xonar with a Maverick Audio Tubemagic D1. This looks to be the DAC which will fit what I am looking for and my budget the best. I'm still looking at different ideas for a digital source. What are people's views on one of...

I mentioned this on another thread, but this is probably the best place to raise it. My 3020i has a 50Hz hum. Not in the output, but out of the amp itself. It seems to get a little louder as the amp gets warmer. Where should I start looking and/or who should I be taking it to - Pretoria - for a...

Perhaps I'm not that brave. What are people's impressions of the Maverick Audio DACs? They look like interesting pieces of kit, with the option of sending the valve pre-amp output into the power stage of the 3020. That said, the 3020 has started to buzz a bit. 50Hz, coming out of the amp...

I'm facing two 21st Century problems. [list type=decimal] My CD player - a NAD 5420 has died and is not getting repaired this time. I have a basic BlueRay player, but it's nowhere near as good. My CD collection, which has been growing since I bought the 5420 is now bursting out of the house...