Hello All !
My son just introduced me to Pandora radio and I love it ! I have some very basic questions and hope someone can give me some advice on internet radio
My system is comprised of Monitor Audio Silver 6 speakers a Rogue Cronus Magnum 2 tube integrated amp AR XA all manual turntable (from 1972 college days !) w Black Pearl cartridge NAD 525 BEE cd player and brand new Cambridge DACMagic 100 DA converter. We only have Apple IPads and IPhones and the DAC works with them but only reproduces music at the lowest quality setting 44 .
I plan to buy a very low cost windows laptop so I can upgrade the drivers to top quality 192 level ( per Cambridge ) 2 sound .
Question 1 - Can I buy one of the lowest cost laptops w Windows 11 that I can find - since the DAC will be processing the music does it matter which laptop I buy ?? The laptop would only be used to stream internet radio
Question 2 How do the free and paid internet radio stations stack up as far as best sound ? What is best for free and what is the best paid service .I believe they run at 44 92 and 192 resolution w the higher the better ??
THANK YOU !! Digital really has me confused ! Russ DeJulio Pittsburgh PA
Hello All !
My son just introduced me to Pandora radio and I love it ! I have some very basic questions and hope someone can give me some advice on internet radio
My system is comprised of Monitor Audio Silver 6 speakers a Rogue Cronus Magnum 2 tube integrated amp AR XA all manual turntable (from 1972 college days !) w Black Pearl cartridge NAD 525 BEE cd player and brand new Cambridge DACMagic 100 DA converter. We only have Apple IPads and IPhones and the DAC works with them but only reproduces music at the lowest quality setting 44 .
I plan to buy a very low cost windows laptop so I can upgrade the drivers to top quality 192 level ( per Cambridge ) 2 sound .
Question 1 - Can I buy one of the lowest cost laptops w Windows 11 that I can find - since the DAC will be processing the music does it matter which laptop I buy ?? The laptop would only be used to stream internet radio
Question 2 How do the free and paid internet radio stations stack up as far as best sound ? What is best for free and what is the best paid service .I believe they run at 44 92 and 192 resolution w the higher the better ??
THANK YOU !! Digital really has me confused ! Russ DeJulio Pittsburgh PA