tuskenraider
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So I've been a very casual home theater/audio enthusiast over the past two decades, but beyond upgrading my AVR to keep up with new standards, and a two-channel amp swap here and there, I haven't gone that deep to consider it a hobby. I've also always built my own PC's during that time as well and have kept a HTPC in my main system to watch some movies with VLC, but mostly to use as a music player. Love to listen through Winamp to run Milkdrop visualization on the TV and chill with a drink. A recent speaker upgrade has dragged me deeper and I'm analyzing everything, just trying to create a better listening experience.
So I play music with Winamp software, through a WASAPI output plugin, send audio/video out of my GT 1030 video card via HDMI to my Yamaha RX-A3080, let YPAO do its thing or bypass with Direct if I choose, to a Parasound HCA-2200II amp connected to my Revel F208 mains. I've been considering a hi-res subscription service to run from the PC, or with Yamaha's Musicast software, as well. I keep reading/seeing info about DAC's, and how cheap a good quality USB model is nowadays. Since my audio is running through my AVR for room correction/eq and using its DAC(s) to decode the signal, is there a way to implement one that is superior to the Yamaha's and can bypass it? Are there any other avenues for improvement that seem more obvious to experienced users?
So I play music with Winamp software, through a WASAPI output plugin, send audio/video out of my GT 1030 video card via HDMI to my Yamaha RX-A3080, let YPAO do its thing or bypass with Direct if I choose, to a Parasound HCA-2200II amp connected to my Revel F208 mains. I've been considering a hi-res subscription service to run from the PC, or with Yamaha's Musicast software, as well. I keep reading/seeing info about DAC's, and how cheap a good quality USB model is nowadays. Since my audio is running through my AVR for room correction/eq and using its DAC(s) to decode the signal, is there a way to implement one that is superior to the Yamaha's and can bypass it? Are there any other avenues for improvement that seem more obvious to experienced users?