I've stated Europe but would consider from anywhere

That's what I was thinking. That's also why I want to use a silent mini PC, they are really small and well - silent. If the digital circuit in the Marantz is of the same quality as the CD and h/phone circuits then using flash drive sticks and by using Aomei partition assistant there should be no...

Could you explain further and costs involved, not that I'm bothered at costs involved but want to know how portable such a system would be. I intend to buy something like a class B or C motorhome to spend 3-4 months a year up in the mountains to escape the summer heat, which is getting worse...

At last thanks to Shannon Parks/Puffin phono pre I have solved The problem of not finding a small silent PC with a Toslink input. I contacted him and he gave me the link to a Facebook post from February last year. He saw someone (Bruce Kinsh) mention the - HIfime UR23 SPDIF OPtical to USB...

Oh dear just been looking and co-ax to USB is a no-no. Back to looking for a mini PC with co-axial input. Co-ax is 2 channel and that is exactly what I want.

The out on a Puffin is not USB. This originally only had an analogue out but then there was a mod shown on the Park site to provide for a digital out. You can now buy a Puffin with either Toslink or co-axial out. All replies fail to take account of the fact that I will not be using a laptop or...

I avoid all the problems you are dealing with by not using a laptop or using a USB connection. The Puffin Phono preamp can be had with a Toslink or S/PDIF co-axial - I shall go for the co-axial I want to feed that into a mini silent PC using either WAV or FLAC. The PC will only be used for...

Roseval, merci bien. Expensive but well specced and I wouldn't get hit with import taxes. I will contact the company re. the audio connections. m-i-c-k-e-y, Done a lot of research and for best sound laptops and USB connections are often noisy which is what I want to avoid. Also once I have...

I've been looking for one of these for some time now. I have an excellent Azulle BYTE 3, it came with Windows 10 Pro and installed a 500GB SSD and am very happy with the performance. Maybe in the USA Azulle lives up to it's promises about good contacts with buyers but weeks ago I emailed a...

Unbelievable that anyone interested in audio would say that.

But nowhere do you mention the importance of shielding on all power cables - a huge omission.

So tell us the specs of this power cable- what conductors, the AWG, the dielectric used, what kind of shielding.

Why no comment on the gear your using now?

If you do buy from Japan about €200 euros cheaper, that's not small change. TAGO also make the TAGO T3-02.

I see the Japanese TAGO Studio T3-01 mentioned in lots of posts but no actual review. The creator is a composer/musician/producer who also runs a recording studio. CD Japan are selling them for 54000 yen/415 euro.