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NEED HELP WITH A QUESTION

My system is lovely and I am very happy with its sound.
Krell 402e, BAT Rex preamp, Esoteric K-01 CD/SACD player, Revel Salon2 speakers, Stealth Indra and Siltech cables.

Here is the question: I want to be able to play music from a iPhone or a laptop, etc., for when I am entertaining and want a playlist or just a long selection of music. I don't want to have to play CD after CD. This is merely for listening with people over for dinner, cocktails, etc.

The sound from the system fills the house no problem. I know that the Esoteric has the ability to use its DAC with an external digital source.

What is the best/easiest way to solve the problem?
I don't want to make the switch to a server as my sole source. I also do not ncessarily need to listen to hi-res files only. There will be a mix of music from my phone, my daughter's phones, other phones, etc., plus I may want to build a couple of playlists on an iPad that are a bit more specific (jazz only, pop only, vocals only, etc.). Those playlists could be hi-res or not. But as I said before this is for non-critical listening.

Which pieces do I add to the system, what cables do I need?
huntermusic

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acbc
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Another solution is the NAD dac1, cost $200. Its available everywhere like best buy, crutchfield, audio advisor, etc... It's a wireless system with a small transmitter that plugs into your Mac/pc via a USB cable, the other component, the receiver, has both line level and digital outputs. It's a very simple set up. Requires no software, other than iTunes or whatever's native to your computer. I have one connected to my CD player via the digital out and it works well.

Do a web search and check it out.

http://nadelectronics.com/products/digital-music/DAC-1-Wireless-USB-Digital-to-Analogue-Converter

Note: you can go nuts trying to select a digital cable. From the reading I did whatever cable you do select make sure it's at least 1.5M long. IMHO - it did make a difference.

Good luck
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