Martin Rust
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My question to the forum is what is the best platform to store and play music from? And I dont mean vinil, no offence dad, but this is a digital question. I'm looking for a powerful music server that remains value for money.
My thoughts at the moment are to search for a good but not unreasonably expensive laptop with optical or coaxial output that can feed the DAC rather than a purpose built music server. Why? Well economy of scale comes to mind. Many more laptops than music servers sold. Chances are one could also upgrade and keep the laptop current for longer.
Why a laptop and not a pc? Load shedding, noisy fans and portability (not such a biggie for me).
But what exactly does one look for? Would all digital outputs be equal?
This is maybe a bigger question to the forum as well. What is everyone using as a source these days?
My thoughts at the moment are to search for a good but not unreasonably expensive laptop with optical or coaxial output that can feed the DAC rather than a purpose built music server. Why? Well economy of scale comes to mind. Many more laptops than music servers sold. Chances are one could also upgrade and keep the laptop current for longer.
Why a laptop and not a pc? Load shedding, noisy fans and portability (not such a biggie for me).
But what exactly does one look for? Would all digital outputs be equal?
This is maybe a bigger question to the forum as well. What is everyone using as a source these days?
