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  1. I've decided that I want to start streaming my music, but at the highest quality I can afford. My system at the moment: Roksan Caspian M-series 1 CD player pre amp mono blocks Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Baby Grand speakers I've just been thinking, after writing everything else below: Do I have to stream or could I just buy a good quality 24/192 DAC, connect a 3TB external harddrive to it and listen to the music files that way - but I guess it won't as easy to use: I won't be able to find the albums as easy or have the Android app for the Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6. I think streaming (even if I won't use the radio streaming service) is still the way to go................ I will want to use my ampifiers I have at the moment. So I'm looking for a NAS, but what type am I looking for (as I've never thought about getting one before): Should I get one where it has a four slots which can accept harddrives, or which has a single harddrive? So the NAS will have to be situated next (or as close) to my router? What cables will I need? Do I connect by USB or other means - I've heard about toslink?? As I want to listen to 24/96 and 24/192 files I think it will be best if I connect by ethernet - but my wifi connection might be alright (8MB connection) -I'll have to try it and see. I have made copies of quite a few of my cds into FLAC .cue files just in case something happens to my cds and I will be able to burn them onto a cd again easily - Can streamers play .cue files, and play each track individually which will allow me to go forward to the next song in the cue, as you would when listening to a cd on a cd player? I will be using EAC to rip the rest of my cds (or all of them if the streamer can't play FLAC .cue files) onto a harddrive into FLAC, but is there a certain way to do it, which will make it easier to read when on the NAS? I'm looking at the Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 (£699.00), but I've also come across the Pioneer Elite N-50 (£399.00). They both seem very similar for different amounts of money. Anything else I should be thinking about? Thanks
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