I browse computeraudiophile.com since a few weeks and thanks to all reviews and posts I learned more than I could have learned from any digital audio magazine. I'm going to upgrade my home audio equipment soonish. As this topic is still new to me I hope someone is going to clarify my very few questions.
1. Digital source is a PC with Win7, iTunes with AIFF 16/44.1. Did I get it right that it isn't posible to get bit perfect sound out of iTunes on a PC except by connecting an Airport Express to the PC (either by lan or wlan) and by using the toslink of this airport express to wire the DAC.
2. I own Elac FS247 speakers and I'm going to compare the Arcam rDAC (with different amplifiers) with the Peachtree Nova in about one week. As I learned from Chris' reviews the coax returns the best signal from the Nova as the USB does with the rDAC. This is a dilemma since I need to stick to the optical toslink signal as long as I want to listen to a bit perfect signal (as descriped obove). Since I've spent thousands of hours organising my music on iTunes I'm not willing to swich to J River. Also I love the design and the Remote via iPad. Any smart ideas how to solve this problem?
3. The Peachtree Audio USB uses galvanic isolation. Do I still need a device for low noise, stable power supply of the USB cable to reduce jitter? e.g. Aqvox
4. did anyone compare the rDAC with the Peachtree Nova yet?
any support is very much appreciated
thanks
