I have started using a laptop with my AK 120 as a DAC. I'm going optically into a Marantz receiver. It all sounds really good to me but I'm confused about WASAPI.   I have the latest version of jRiver installed on my laptop. Do I need to add WASAPI or am I all set?   Thanks, Wayne

So I have a system that I would like to play FLAC files and Hi Res file through via a computer.   Separately from this main system, I'd also like to run a Sonos system through three or four rooms of my house. Looking at jRiver, it seems like a good program but when I checked the Sonos site, it...

I used playlists a lot with iTunes and the iPod. The AK120 is more limited; you have to drag and drop tunes from the player into generically named playlists.   Since I used to have a lot of playlists with genres like 'Bluegrass', 'Folk', 'Soft Jazz', etc. I'm thinking that maybe using a...

So, playlists can be made within the AK120 but it is cumbersome and not very intuitive. You basically swipe individual tunes into playlists named 'playlist 1', 'playlist 2', etc.   Would it be possible to use a program like Jriver to make playlists and then somehow load them into the AK120?  ...

I plan to play FLAC files from a hard drive into a laptop. I plan to connect the laptop to my Astell & Kern AK120 as a DAC and then go optical into a Marantz receiver for my home system.   Does the quality of the laptop matter much, or will pretty much any one do?   Thanks, Wayne

At the risk of sounding as ignorant on this as I really am, I am wondering how to get FLAC files from my external Windows hard drive to my home system?   Some background:   I have hired a company to rip about two-thousand CDs to FLAC and store them on an external hard drive. I would like to...