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Just a question.

This is a whole new realm of confusion for me. I still use my cdp, but was thinking about a small,inexpensive netbook for audio to my rig. I have a dac i'm running my main computer into my stereo now with, but thought a small netbook/laptop would be easier than running to my computer everytime I wanted to change a playlist. Is this even possible? Everything I've read this morning has my head pounding. I didn't want to spend a ton of money, maybe 300-500 for something to store my music on and maybe surf the web. Most of my music is on napster or media player. School me a little please, the 'goners haven't steered me wrong yet!
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cerrot
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My desktop system is down so I configured my Toshiba laptop to handle music while the desktop gets repaired-toshiba satelite P4 w/2 gigs ram/XP service pak 3-firewire into maudio solo to dac; J River 14/asio 4all. No difference from the desktop. Actually think it sounds better due to less internal noise.
musicslug
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from what I gathered at a demo I saw a while back, you can buy (cheap) programs that will allow you to operate your computer or HD using your cell phone as a kind of remote. you might want to look into that...
antipodes_audio
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I prefer to build a 'no moving parts' PC, but when you switch to battery power on a laptop there is definitely a liquidity to the sound that isn't there with my desktops. Overall, however I prefer the solidity of the sound I get with the desktops. Just about all aspects of the build affect the sound somehow. Many of the effects are very small, but they can really add up to a big difference.
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