[kfh227]

Essentially, I plan on creating a PC and putting all of my CDs on it. It will be a VERY LOW COST solution for the most part.

I won't get into into details yet. It will be a low cost RAID 5 solution in short.

I'll be doing this in 9 month when we move into a bigger home. This will be a housewarming gift to myself

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I want to get a good sound card from a sound quality point of view. I only want 2 channels, so 5.1 cards are kinda pointless, even though they can obviously be recomended. So, quite simply, what can I get for $300, when my primary concern is sound quality? That is my maximum. if $300 is barely better than $200, I would of course love to save $100. If there is a $400 sound card out there that blows your mind though, please let me know. Is it worth the extra $100?

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EIDTED:
I think I'll jsut use my current receiver/Home Theater. I'll do that and put some small speakers in the kitchen and run them using the AB switch to switch betweenmovie watching and muic listening. This means I can spend $500 on some speakers for the kitchen though

To save money, maybe I could just toss Windows XP on that AMD K6-2 400

Hrmmmm.... Then I jsut need RAID 5 and some BIG harddrives.

Thanks,
Karl

 

[fr4c]

emu0404 or emu1212 fits your bill nicely. i personally dont have them, but i'm sure there are many here on head-fi who would commend them for there performance.

 

[Helter Skelter]

seconding the E-MU 0404 or 1212m suggestion. They're $100 and $200, respectively.

 

[kfh227]

WOW! That's a pretty darn good price. I was expecting to pay up to $400 for something "good".

 

[blessingx]

How far are your other rooms and what is your receiver inputs? Have you considered wireless streaming to an Airport Express ($130), Roku Soundbridge ($250) or Slim Devices Sqeezebox ($280) instead?

 

[fr4c]

i like the simpilicity of the Airport Express, and the features of the Roku. choices...choices....