Computer for home audio

@ozzy62      Ozzy just read your comment about computers and music which is what I now use exclusively. I have built a bespoke computer for nothing else but music and it cost me a bomb but is so good that I eventually sold my Gryphon Mikado Signature because the PC blew it out of the ball park.

I'm using my 10 year old Dell XPS 9000 (which is still my main computer rig) to stream Tidal and Qobuz through USB.  It's feeding a MHDT Orchid DAC, and I have an ARC VSI-55 with Harbeth P3ESR and a Simaudio 430HA headphone amp.  Sound quality is as good as, maybe better than my main system which cost an order of magnitude more.

USB output to a DAC is probably the best upgrade, but it can be expensive for the DAC.  The Asus Xonar Essence ST and STX audio cards are a very good solution that is cheaper.  They can be had for less than $100 on ebay.  If you have an older PCI slot, I have read that the older ST sounds a bit better because of the clock timing on PCI.  The new PCI-E interface appears to have a bit more jitter/timing problems on audio clock signals.

That EVGA Nu Audio card looks interesting as well.  Audio Note components and influence.  I suspect the Asus card would be more neutral and transparent with the Nichicon FG caps.  The Audio Note stuff can be colored (they have a unique sound and you either like it or don't like it).

And Firefox recommended as browser for best audio playback.

Currently using a Zenbook / IcePower B&O Tech - USB PC for some streaming duty.
Sounds much better than the previous sony laptop.

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic 100 in USB port of my HP laptop (16GB Ram + SSD). Result as good as it gets, no need for any snake oiled addons.
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USB 3.0 Flash drive in a ND 8006 Marantz to read wav and DSD.(and many other things). Should do.