Hey folks, this may have been discussed already but I couldn't find much when I did a search. I'm wondering what the best solution is for playing back files from a PC fed to a stereo amp. I've already started phasing out my CDs and have most of my music on hard drives and DVDs, mostly 16 bit but have a lot of my 24bit masters too.
I know the PC is not the best environment for playback, its pretty noisy... is there a good solution for USB/Firewire out that provides RCA connections to an amp? Perhaps the best route is to go digi-out from a good soundcard (external?) and get a DAC > Amp?
I have no idea how the SB audigy series perform, but I've noticed that some of them do not have RCA outs, but do support 24bit and likely have spdif.
I'm sure I'm not the only one moving towards hard drives and such, away from an overwhelming amount of audio CDs that take up too much space. What else does everyone use? I'm sick of PC speakers ;o(