Q: Playing back my CD collection through HiFi.
Hi-I have a MacBook Pro with external Superdrive. OS X 10.9.5 Processor 2.3GHZ 1600 MHz DDR3 500Gb SSD. I also have two new Apple TV's and one old Apple TV (Unused with disc capacity).
My question is that I have recently decided to break out the old stereo gear. I have a tube amp, Technics drive turntable. Along with the old vinyl I have a large box of CD's. I forgot that I gave my perfectly adequate CD player away! When mentioning this to an audio guy and stating that I need a new CD player, the response was-don't buy another CD player, record them and play back into your amp via a DAC.
How do I to this? Do I need an application called Toast to transfer the music from my CD's to my laptop? Which format should I use? The audio guy made a comment that I can record my CD's, playback through the DAC (Input into the amp-analog signals) and experience far greater sound quality then through a CD player.
Not sure I have enough storage on my MacBook. I do have at least one maybe two of the old style apple TV's laying around. Would/Could they make good juke boxes? Tie them into the DAC and play back through my stereo that way?
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Posted on Mar 17, 2015 6:30 AM
