Hi, I'm in the process of ripping all my CD's to a hard drive to gain some room back and manage my music better.
My PC is currently connected to an Onkyo 805 via HDMI through my ATI HD4870 graphics card. The onkyo is connected to an Arcam A75+ integrated amp and P90 power amp to drive my Linn Ninka fronts.
The Onkyo does a reasonable job but is completely inferior to my current Naim CD5i cd player with regard to the sound performance.
What is my best option to improve sound quality in this case for £200 ish?
Buy a suitable internal sound card and output to the Arcam direct via anologue outs or output digitally and use and external DAC to feed an analog source to the Arcam?
Any audio Guru's have an opinion on what's likely to give me the best results?
thanks
My PC is currently connected to an Onkyo 805 via HDMI through my ATI HD4870 graphics card. The onkyo is connected to an Arcam A75+ integrated amp and P90 power amp to drive my Linn Ninka fronts.
The Onkyo does a reasonable job but is completely inferior to my current Naim CD5i cd player with regard to the sound performance.
What is my best option to improve sound quality in this case for £200 ish?
Buy a suitable internal sound card and output to the Arcam direct via anologue outs or output digitally and use and external DAC to feed an analog source to the Arcam?
Any audio Guru's have an opinion on what's likely to give me the best results?
thanks