Thanks for your reply. I heard it now several times that any computer should have no issue delivering the data to the DAC fast and in time, and that makes perfect sense to me. But the word "should" is subjunctive and in practice I do have interruptions in music delivery. There is something...

My mistake, I meant 2000kbps. Thanks for the link to the analyzing tools. Will check them out.

Thanks for your advice. That makes a lot of sense to buy a small PC and better put a little money into digital to digital cleaning hardware. I will probably try that down the line. But what I don't comprehend yet is how super powerful computers can fail delivering simple 2000bits/sec reliably...

Spending time reading on the internet I get it there is no easy answer to this question, because the overall setup can vary soo much. But, for purchasing the computer I do not want to underbuy, and future modifications (like adding a microrendu or so) are possible, but I don't want to see myself...

Need some advice for computer purchase. I am listening to HD audio for years on my work laptops (now Lenovo P1, Win10, Xeon 2.8GHz). I use foobar2000 and an RME DAC, HD650 headphones, A7X speakers. Now my company added so much safety software that I cannot listen any longer without annoying...

sorry, changed my proposal

Buy ATH-M50, they are really good for the price, I have them myself. If you like super-loud sound, then you need an amp or other headphones, like PX-100 which are really good too for the price, but they are not closed.   Good luck,   J

Hi,   After years of abstinence from HiFi music due to girl friend ---> immigration ---> wife ---> family, I finally bought a headphone (ATH-M50) and small amp (Icon mobile), and now I'm hooked again. I would like to upgrade, but since this can be very costly I would like to test hear...