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Best digital stream player

No matter how expensive any cd player is, it is just do a best guess of what is on the cd. I don't think cd player will be completely gone in a couple years because LP is coming back. But I feel the digital stream player have big advantage over cd player and all audio company will come up with their new digital stream player in the coming years. Digital stream player either use usb or network cable to directly read music file from PC/file server and are slowly adapted by audiophiles.

Digital stream player is still new to lots of people. Which one is the best digital stream player in the market?

1)DCS Scarlatti upsampler
2)PlayBack Designs MPS-5
3)Linn Klimax DS

Or is there any other newcomers better than those three?
yxlei
pubul57
3,712 posts
 
Did you have an opportunity to compare the MAC/Wavelength with the NAIM?
mst
163 posts
 
The 8250, the NAIM better come with an excellent DAC. It should also clean your house, wash your car and cook your dinner. It is a hard drive with some software that will be yesterday's news is 2 years.
mst
163 posts
 
The 8250, the NAIM better come with an excellent DAC. It should also clean your house, wash your car and cook your dinner. It is a hard drive with some software that will be yesterday's news is 2 years.
koestner
626 posts
 
Look at the Blacknote DSS line. No computer necessary, just a USB flash drive or external hard drive. It plays all kinds of files up to 24/192
4musica44107
520 posts
 
Pubul57 et al:

I did compare the Naim, just with its own excellent internal DAC and without one of the optional external power supplies, to a MAC tied into Wavelength DACs costing up to $17500. The Naim was better every time.
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