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RE: Most important component for a music server system

"From a fidelity point of view, next to the software (e.g. the recording itself, and the lossless format), what is the most important part of a music server based system? "

Transducers. On any music system. Assuming they are competently executed, the difference between the DAC built on your sound card and a very expensive one is small compared to the difference between a ribbon tweeter and a fabric dome. You can fine tune everything from your computer's power supply to the digital cables and what you'll accomplish will be little compared to the clarity and precision you'd get from eliminating passive crossovers. Given the appropriate impedance match and enough headroom, great headphones will sound better straight out of the headphone jack of a fairly quiet computer than average headphones will sound from a fully tricked-out audiophile setup.

Our desire to upgrade and tweak has overridden both our hearing and good sense, and has left us wagging the dog. MHO. YMMV. Etc.

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