Johnny Stork

Just setup the Computer Audiophile account in JRMC 17, but the link no longer works. Has this feature been removed? http://www.computeraudiophile.com/Scrobbles

I am in the process of trying to create a decent audio chain from a PC, likely running Windows 7. At some point I may also pick up a Mac Mini. What I am trying to determine is which is considered the best way to get the audio out from the PC to a decent 24/192 DAC? 1: Decent sound card like Asus Zonar, M-Audio 192 etc ----> 24/192 COAX -----> 24/192 DAC (NuForce NDP) 2: Computer USB to Asynchronous 24/192 USB/DAC (ILTW USB DAC?) What I am finding is that there are many DAC's which will accept a 24/192 signal over COAX/SPDIF, but not as many that will accept 24/192 over USB. It also seems there are issues I need to consider to get a decent (asynch?) USB audio signal out the a DAC that supports 24/192 via USB? ps: Currently I have a Logitech Transporter ---> MF Trivista DAC 21 and Logitech Duet --> MF X-DAC system but would like to start playing some RR HRx at their highest resolution. All my own music sits on a networked server running Linux and ripped as FLAC.

Thanks kindly

I have a Musical FIdelity Trivista DAC 21 which supports upsampling to 24/96 and 24/192. However, what I cant determine is if it will accept a 24/176, or 24/192 signal and output without upsampling? Also, I am starting to look at other external DAC's with USB inputs that will accept up to a 24/192 signal. Does anyone have any recommendations? Peachtree, Benchmark etc are some I have been considering. Thanks for any advice anyone can give