Hi folks,   Looking for your opinion. Just picked up a Schiit Modi, which I believe I'm going to feed into an Audioengine N22 (I like that it doubles as a headphone amp, and I hear good things about it in both functions).   Last mix and match pieces I need are the monitors. I have my...

You know what I'm really taking from this? Not to worry about the streaming capabilities now, as that can be added later. Now I just need to decide on a different DAC and headphone amp. The research continues .. your suggestions will help me to focus it.

Cheers, I'll look into those products you suggested. I had a weird feeling about upsampling, but folks seemed to praise it. I was under the impression it only upsampled tracks with lower quality.   I'm using Foobar right now with my FLACs for listening at my computer and I use iTunes to sync...

Thanks Destroysall!   Regarding the SM6, an employee at the local audio store introduced me to it. My decisions were:   1) Sound quality. It is widely acclaimed for sound quality, and the employee was raving about it. We haven't had one in town yet, though, so I can't vouch for it...

Thanks for your response Greq!   Luckily I'm a little farther down the rabbit hole than that. I've already re-ripped all of my albums as FLAC (and indeed, I'll never go back!)   I can infer from your response that I would need a headphone amp as well with this setup. I appreciate your...

Hi all,   I've been doing a lot of research lately, and I think I'm starting to narrow down what I want to get as my first quality computer audio system.   I'm thinking Stream Magic 6 (http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=952) into a pair of Paradigm Shift A2s...

Excellent, thank you!

Ah, I should have mentioned: I am planning on replacing all of my files with lossless versions.

Hey guys,   Brand new user. I'm just starting to get into paying proper attention to sound, so I'll be asking a lot of questions in the future as I go from know-nothing to (hopefully) a quality student of sound preservation.   Anyway, before I get into the fun stuff, I have to get my...