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I'm playing FLAC through a Squeezebox into an external digital/analog converter, or SACD from an Arcam DV137 player, both into a passive line stage, into a pair of mono block amplifiers, into a pair of Martin Logan Vantage electrostatic loudspeakers.
Since you mentioned streaming, let me mention: Squeezebox. It's server software is installed on a PC or Mac. The Squeezebox player connects to the server software via TCP/IP over wire or WiFi. Music on the PC/MAC is then streamed to the player over wire or WiFi. The player converts the digital bitstream to analog signals. It is connected to your AVR like any other analog stereo component. The player has a remote to select which album/artist/genre/mix to play. It streams most music formats and sounds much better than its $300 price suggests, especially with WAV, FLAC or other lossless formats! Think: as good as CD players 2x, or uni-players 3x - 4x its price.
Now I'm totally OT. Sorry about that. I'm sure the Squeezebox has been discussed on Aximsite before.
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