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Post Subject: Stand Alone PC for Audio Playback (AudioFile -> Lynx 16 -> External DAC)Posted by Max Shatsky on: 12/20/2006
Hi,
I'm thinking to put up a PC to just play audio files (I'm not interesting in any kind of recording).
From the previous discussions it seems that a good digital interface can be Lynx AES 16.
My first question is about quality. Considering only 16/44 format files, what kind of
difference (in sound quality) I get between these two options:
1) WAV file X burned on CD-R and played on CD player Y.
2) The same file X played on PC -> Lynx AES 16 -> DAC of cd-player Y.
Of course there is a factor of transport quality of cd-player Y, so lets assume that it is relatively good, and a burned CDR is average to good.
Second question is about convenience.
Most of the files I want to play are either in FLAC or APE formats. Popular windows software players (like Nero) can play at least FLAC (I haven't tried APE yet) through my Creative SoundaBlaster card.
Will I be able to play FLAC/APE through Lynx AES16? Is anything special in using Lynx in Windows? It seems that it doesn't have DAC inside, so it should be somewhat different from a regular PC sound-card.
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