artemov 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Hi all, I am trying to build a home headphone system from scratch. Almost all of my music are in digital format (mp3 and flac), and hence my main problem is the music server itself. At my workplace I am using the Senn HD595 with a USB DAC running from my laptop, which can be kept on the whole time I am in office (working of course! ). So no worry there. At home, I don't really want to turn on my pc just to listen to music. Its noisy and consume too much electricity. Some of the options I have explored include 1) Squeezebox with a NAS or NAS-like device (fit-pc2, vortexbox). The negative part is that I will have to keep my router on, which is crappy and prone to dropouts. But I think I might be able to physically situate the NAS just next to the Squeezebox and all the other equipments. 2) Ipod + iTransport, using the digital out. But I am not an Apple/iTunes user (using Foobar2000 now), so I am not very keen on this option. 3) A standalone solution from the audio companies, but these are really expensive, so its not very viable. Anyone has other suggestion? I am trying not to spend more than S$1000 for this part of the system. I still lack the headphone itself of course, and a DAC/amp, but I will worry about that later. Cheers. Edited August 9, 2009 by artemov Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
