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Laziness in a dark room & digital hi-fi

Hello everyone!

I am about to dip toes into proper audio. I am nowhere near what you guys are at, in fact not even on the same planet. To set things straight from the start, I don't have access to stores that let you demo stuff so I have to rely heavily on tips and recommendation by the good people here.

What do I ultimately wish to achieve? Play my FLAC collection residing on an external pocket USB drive in a two channel set up, control it from my bed with the lights off completely. A weird habit I picked up in my childhood.

I will complete the set up in steps starting with the Canton Vento 809DC (are they any good for Pink Floyd?)

Please help!

Shahab.
shahab_ahmad_khan
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shahab_ahmad_khan OP
5 posts
 
Hey Koestner,

That was a great tip! However the display was an issue. I think I am stuck with the Squeezebox Touch/Sonos + DAC solution :s

Thanks a lot though!
koestner
621 posts
 
Look into a Blacknote DSS 15 it will read FLAC off a hard drive and has a built in HQ DAC.
shahab_ahmad_khan OP
5 posts
 
Hi Chadnliz,

Thanks for the reply. The Logitech Squeezebox Touch looks like a good controller if I pair it with a Benchmark DAC1 (the Bel Canto is... expensive!). Do you know of any other solution i.e. something that reads from a hard drive and feeds the DAC?

Thanks again!
chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
Should be fine, cant imagine really loud levels for what your doing but what do I know?
Get a nice DAC to pipe your fils through and your all set!
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