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PC, Lynx AES16 card, Berkeley DAC... What else?

All of my music files are stored in my computer as wav. files so Qsonix, Sooloos, and other comercial music servers are out of the question. I have decided on a computer based music server for this reason. The computer will be in another room outside the listening area, so the Goodwin computer-based silent music server is not needed. As of now, I plan on using the Lynx AES16 sound card because I've heard that it's the best sound card on the market. In a review, Robert Harley said that the Berkeley Alpha DAC is not only the best DAC that he's heard, but it only cost $5,000 which is cheap relatively speaking. This DAC will be part of my system as well.

The question now is what other items should be added to my computer-based music server that will give it the best possible sound?
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Go http://www.computeraudiophile.com/here for the info you seek.

If I understand he buzz about the Berkeley it's about how it handles high resolution digital files, not standard Redbook streams. The Lynx card works as advertised but it is somewhat complicated for what most audiophiles need. You might want to consider one of the Weiss firewire DACs as an alternative.
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