Good afternoon folks,
As per my thread in 2 channel ( https://www.hifiwigwam.com/threads/...e-streamer-and-dac.116740/page-3#post-2377733). I'm going to finally go all in on digital.
The basic question is this: What's the easiest way to set this up without Roon or a NAS? This would be into an integrated amp 2 channel system only
I have a 6 year old Macbook Air available that I can use as the computer. It has these specs: 1.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, 512GB storage. It's clean and empty.
I've got Qobuz, NO digital files, and would buy Holo Spring KTE DAC that will do NOS, Over-sampling and Native DSD. I'd prefer to use the USB input on the DAC, but it has them all. I've no problem purchasing HQ player software for the Macbook.
I also have a Bluesound Node streamer, and as far as I understand upsampling can be done on Qobuz but not Tidal.
What else would I need? Can the Mac be plugged directly into the DAC via USB and function as a streamer with storage and upsampler. or do I need something like a streamer in between the computer and DAC.
Thanks in advance. Chem
As per my thread in 2 channel ( https://www.hifiwigwam.com/threads/...e-streamer-and-dac.116740/page-3#post-2377733). I'm going to finally go all in on digital.
The basic question is this: What's the easiest way to set this up without Roon or a NAS? This would be into an integrated amp 2 channel system only
I have a 6 year old Macbook Air available that I can use as the computer. It has these specs: 1.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, 512GB storage. It's clean and empty.
I've got Qobuz, NO digital files, and would buy Holo Spring KTE DAC that will do NOS, Over-sampling and Native DSD. I'd prefer to use the USB input on the DAC, but it has them all. I've no problem purchasing HQ player software for the Macbook.
I also have a Bluesound Node streamer, and as far as I understand upsampling can be done on Qobuz but not Tidal.
What else would I need? Can the Mac be plugged directly into the DAC via USB and function as a streamer with storage and upsampler. or do I need something like a streamer in between the computer and DAC.
Thanks in advance. Chem
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