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Realy wanting to get a computer setup. Im using a PS audio pwd with bridge into tube amp and merlins vsm speakers. Ive been feeding sonos into the pwd but the sonos limitations are my current issue. I love sonos for my whole house audio but not for high end stereo. I purchased a nas to put all my cds on but feel id rather have a computer based audio system. So how should I proceed? I have an imac thats two floors above my stereo so direct connection is out. Can i stream with higher rez from sites like mog or rhapsody using a computer than my current sonos setup?

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Jamesw20  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

03-03-12
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03-03-12   You can improve on the sonos a lot with a resampling reclock ...   Audioengr

03-03-12   Hey steve thanks for the input. i woukd love to use your set ...   Jamesw20

03-03-12   James, not quite sure how you are set up. it sounds like you ...   Edorr

03-04-12   "the alternative steve is alluding to is to get his for ...   Audioengr

03-04-12   Steve, ......if you want the best sq possible, then get an ...   Edorr

03-06-12   So with the upgraded pwd i can go usb from my computer into ...   Jamesw20

03-06-12   You can already do that with the mki as well. problem is wit ...   Edorr

03-06-12   And for music sever simply use something like jriver on pc o ...   Edorr

03-06-12   Edorr i really apprecitae your input. what i'm really wantin ...   Jamesw20

03-06-12: Edorr
James, what is puzzling to me is why you would want to use USB when you have a bridge. What you should do is this. Create a directory on your NAS which stores all your music(say flacs). Install PS audio's eLyric or somthing like assetUpNp on a PC on your network. If you use assetUpNp you also need something like media monkey to do tagging and retrieve cover art. You can also use JRiver, which I believe also streams to the PWD bridge using DLNA.

You point your music server / UpNP server to the directory on your NAS. Next you load eLyric on your iPhone. You select the PWD as your media rendered and the UpNp server as your library, and you're in business. ELyric will allow you to stream radio stations from the internet. If you download a track for HD tracks, you simply copy it into your directory on the NAS.

This setup allow you to exactly what you want to do, will be the cheapest and sound the best. Forget USB!!! Not sure about MOG streaming though. YOu can ask on the PS audio site and I'm sure they can answer this question. You would have to do this using the eLyric iPhone application.

Even if the bridge + eLyric does not support MOG, you are still better off streaming flacs to the bridge over your network and connect an el cheapo PC to the PWD USB port separately for MOG streaming.

Edorr  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


03-28-12   Edorr, thanks for the suggestions. the reason for usb at thi ...   Jamesw20

03-28-12   James, i feel your pain. setting this up can be royal pita. ...   Edorr

03-29-12   Wow, i really appreciate your help! will do tonight and repo ...   Jamesw20

03-29-12   James, the jriver / usb route is pretty foolproof. the only ...   Edorr

04-02-12   Edorr, got it up and running with the bridge! wow, it sounds ...   Jamesw20

04-02-12   Excellent. the mkii upgrade will take things to a whole diff ...   Edorr


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