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PC as a transport vs Regular transport or player

For PC, RIP lossessly on the hard drive and USB to Coax/SPDIF to the external DAC...

Which will really be sound better?

what are the pros and cons for using PC as a transport, comparing to the traditional ways such as using CD transport or Universal player as a transport?
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elevick
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I tried it. Most USB to DAC's can't touch the quality of even a mid line cd player. I couldn't find an external computer USB that even came close in quality to my pioneer dvd player's sound.
The only other option is USB to something like the Live24 external DAC and use the toslink out on the DAC to a quality D/A-that's 1 usb cable, then 1 toslink cable, then a pair of coax cables. What a mess.
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