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Help me set up new stereo system

Just bought Revel Studio2 speakers and a Hegel h300 integrated amp (has DAC).

I have a pretty big iTunes library and have no CD's at all. Not sure of the format of the music files when I put my CD's into iTunes. I'd really like to get great sound out of my system and would like NOT to re-buy hundreds of CD's.

I'm OK with buying a Mac Mini but not sure how to hook up everything. I'll transfer over my library to the Mac Mini but then I'm a bit lost. Best to hook the Mini up to the Hegel via USB? And then use something like jRiver to manage the music? What about wanting to buy new music that may not be available on a high resolution site, do I buy the CD and just import it to the iTunes library?

Thanks for the help..
seanile

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lewinskih01
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You got some good input above.

Regarding computer audio in general I recommend you get acquainted with computeraudiophile.com. Lot's of good info there. Look into their "university" or whatever it's called, papers that a good how-to guides. For ripping, their Guide to Ripping CDs is excellent. It's based on dBpoweramp software. I follow it to a t and recommend it a lot. The first time you do it you will spend time setting it up according to the Guide. From there onwards it will all by automatically dine by the software. Great solution.

BTW, there was a recent thread on this PC Audio forum by another guy who was also new to computer audio, used Apple, and had a Hegel amp...you might want to check it out. I believe it was called Help a real newbie, or something like that. He later had some follow-up threads too.
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