I'm archiving my CD's lossless [FLAC, SHN, etc] and was wondering if there was a way to process these to my receiver without an analog stage (i.e. RCA / analog coax). Is there a device that will do this??
So you want to go out of your computer wirelessly into your amplifier without ever converting the sound to analog? That's a great idea! I don't know exactly how to do it either, but I'm going to do some surfing to see what I can find...
Dunno if this will meet your needs - but I use Apple's Airport Express (http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/). And, though I have never tried it, I believe this device (along with iTunes) will let you perform a lossless ripping. Plus, the device has a digital output.
Anyway, I use this b/c most of my music are purchased from iTunes.
Another try: I think Roku Labs has something similar - but I don't think it can work with files that have a DRM.
From what I've been reading, these wireless receivers let you play mp3's and wma's over your home network through your receiver. I haven't found anything that will actually let you play shn's and flac's and such. I guess you could transfer your files to wma, but that wouldn't be as cool as just being able to play the lossless files as is. Another option is a FM transmitter that plugs into your soundcard output and transmits a low-powered signal that your receiver could pick up. I haven't found one of these yet that has digital inputs, but I haven't looked that hard either. Also, I have no idea what the sound quality of these would be. Any other ideas??
