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  1. Hey Chris thanks for the response! Sorry for that novel length of a question but id been looking around and honestly hit a brick wall and greatly appreciate your feedback. I figure the optical sound from the macbook probably isn't horrible but if i have a good 9k worth of audio equipment i would hate to see my system have a weak link in an area that can have maybe much more potentially for a few hundred more? I guess that would be another question....how big would the difference be for me??
  2. I was seriously considering on purchasing apple TV to run all of my media, however after a few hours of thought and research i thought why not use my macbook? I figured my macbook was probably lacking in the sound card quality department so now i'm stumped in the search for an answer on....WHATS THE BEST MOST LOGICAL THING TO DO OR BUY??? SOOO THE BIG QUESTIONS: 1) Whats the best way to great sound to compliment my system? 2)Do all DAC's reduce jitter? If i purchase a DAC and hookup optical in from my macbook and optical out from the DAC to my Denon Receiver...does that reduce jitter or give me better sound or just literally translate digital into analog? example "thingee" http://www.audioxsell.com/classified/466934/Blue-Circle-Audio-USB-Thingee.htm BACKROUND: I have what i would consider a great mid-fi 5.1 system. I am only putting up numbers for people that are not familiar with the speakers and would be able to help me gain a better understanding on what would make the most bang for my buck since on what to invest on a DAC. VIENNA ACOUSTICS COMMONLY FOUND AT MAGNOLIA STUDIOS INSIDE BEST BUY LEFT & RIGHT: MOZART TOWERS $1,500(each) CENTER: Maestro $1,295 REARS: WALTZ SUBWOOFER: REL R-205 $1,200 Receiver: DENON AVR-4308 $2,700 Power Conditioner: Panamax 5300 -Initially i thought a premium external sound card would be the thing to do, but in doing more research the audiophile community seemed to be convinced that they are typically cheap and might be a weak link in my system. -I then became introduced into EMPIRICAL PACE CAR 2 DAC and loved the idea that this box would essentially highly improve the jitter coming out of my macbook and make all my media on my computer sound better which sounds awesome music to my ears! I have a majority of everything stored digitally. I was very excited until i noticed the price tag $1,250 wopwhaaaa i know they have other models that connect via usb for half the price but still. I hear read great things and believe its worth the money for more hi-fi systems, but doubt it'd be worth my investment for what i have. I would have rather invested my money in better speakers. Now the Nitty Gritty I need to have some sort of output for 5.1 surround sound but would rather focus my money go towards something to give me the best sound for music...I assume if it whatever it is i plan to purchase plays music well then it will do more than enough for movies as most of my quality viewings will be off blu-ray and not compresed files but do have about 1.5tb full of movies and still want to do the best i can for them. Or should i buy a premium soundcard? Probably wont want to spend more than the mid $300 range unless i can be convinced otherwise??? I think this is good start to im pretty stumped and could use some education on this stuff! Thank you to those who actually read this bohemith and any input advice would be appreciated!
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