Andy1912
pfm Member
Hi
I have been ripping my CDs on to my main pc using dBpoweramp. The pc sits about 4.5m away from my main amps so I just ran a 5m toslink optical cable (about £8) to my Beresford dac (7510) which connects my av gear to my EAR 864 preamp. This cable can be hidden under a rug but a pair of larger analogue ones would probably be problematic.
It sounds OK but as you would expect not as scintillating as my analogue system (SME 20/2A; Koetsu Red; Tron 7) and I wouldn't expect it to be.
Anyway it is handy to be able to play ripped CDs when I want background music and don't have the time to get up and change LPs and so on.
I was just wondering if there are any simple and relatively cheap upgrades to what I have listed above? I am thinking less than £100 or so I guess.
I play the ripped CDs with Winamp. The rest of my system is an EAR 890 power amp and Harbeth SHL5 speakers.
Thanks for your thoughts
Andy
I have been ripping my CDs on to my main pc using dBpoweramp. The pc sits about 4.5m away from my main amps so I just ran a 5m toslink optical cable (about £8) to my Beresford dac (7510) which connects my av gear to my EAR 864 preamp. This cable can be hidden under a rug but a pair of larger analogue ones would probably be problematic.
It sounds OK but as you would expect not as scintillating as my analogue system (SME 20/2A; Koetsu Red; Tron 7) and I wouldn't expect it to be.
Anyway it is handy to be able to play ripped CDs when I want background music and don't have the time to get up and change LPs and so on.
I was just wondering if there are any simple and relatively cheap upgrades to what I have listed above? I am thinking less than £100 or so I guess.
I play the ripped CDs with Winamp. The rest of my system is an EAR 890 power amp and Harbeth SHL5 speakers.
Thanks for your thoughts
Andy