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thnaks mr slim.
one question thoug in your opinion whats better the dac of the squeezebox or the cowon s9. im thinking of just buying an s9 an using a mini to rca from bluejeans.
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The s9 looks like a very sexy DAP, but they do not mention any details on the type of DAC the player uses.
Ultimately though, the Squeezebox and the S9 are two completely different devices, aimed at different markets.
I think we need to start over here. I don't think you quite understand how the Squeezebox is supposed to be used..
If you have music on a computer, or want to put it on a computer, rather than playing it from a CD/DVD player or other source, then you install the SqueezeCenter software on that computer, it catalogs the music, and then streams the music digitally over your home network to the Squeezebox, using its DAC to interface to a Hi Fi system, which could also be a headphone amp(using RCA inputs) .. That is what it does in its most simple configuration. Taking it a step further, you can take the digital output of the Squeezbox (S/PDIF out), bypassing the internal DAC and use a better DAC to do the conversion to get higher quality sound.
The NAS box is just another computer that happens to be dedicated to serving files out to other computers. The tend to be capable of larger disk capacity than typical computers(particularly laptops), but a desktop computer could do the same thing.
Iriverdude, the whole point of the squeezbox is that you can have something small and quiet in your music area, that interfaces to the music server that is usually much noisier, but can be located somewhere else in the house.
As I mentioned before the cantate2 only has a USB input to accept digital signals, and the Squeezebox doesn't have USB out.. only optical or Coaxial S/PDIF. Also, I don't think the Cantate2 DAC (a TI 2702, which is the same as what the Alien and Bantam DIY DACS use) is any better, and may be worse than the DAC built into the Squeezbox.
Maybe you should explain what you want to do..