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Connecting High Res Audio files into my Denafrips Venus II 12th

I am considering purchasing Hi-Res Audio - 192khz 24bit - Albums from HD Tracks or others rather than stepping up to SACD due to the cost.  I currently have a CD Transport connected vis I2S and a Streamer connected via USB.  The audio quality from both is excellent.  I like owning my  music and I have a large Record and CD collection.  I do not see the value in moving into SACD due to many factors such as cost and availability of both hardware and software.

I want to explore owning Hi-res Audio.  I would like to know how you would store your files and how would you connect to the Venus DAC?  It has the I2S, USB, SPDIF, Coax, BNC, and AES inputs.

maam522a
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ibmjunkman
294 posts
 

Backup, backup, backup. And 1 should be offsite. I backup my website code, database and images to USB drives. I give copies to my shooting buddies. They keep them in their safes. As do I.

pkthesublime
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@maam522a 

You do not get any type of certificate, but HDTracks et al do keep records of your purchases.  The best thing to do, as @ibmjunkman suggests, is to have backups.  I have local and cloud backups of my music library.  This is also more easily accomplished with a NAS.

I think you're right about the Venus 12th being the platform for Pontus 15th - that value proposition was one of the reasons I jumped on it.  So glad I did!

joeycastillo
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I use a Eversolo dmp-a6 master streamer and store my Hires files in external memory and is installed inside the Eversol.

 

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curiousjim
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I have a Pontus ll and it does Hi-Res files from my NAS and a HD plugged into my streamer.  I’m told that because it’s a R2R DAC, it has to change the DSD to PCM, but the music still sounds sweet to me.

dwest1023
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Clarification, HD TRACKS does not keep a recording of your purchases. 
Ive owned several Eversolo models. It is very easy to store downloads to it. You can connect a cd player directly to the Eversolo and record to it. There are other websites you can download pure DSD. Most other music download sites do keep track of your music and you can redownload at anytime. As yes, always back up. I download music to my Arunder N20, then, back up to two different portable hard drives.

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