Originally Posted by
elan120
This is a complex topic, and this may not be a good place for further or detailed discussion. I will just share my experience from the past few years building servers in different configurations, experiment with different components and operating systems, music players, the music server, in a revealing 2 channel stereo system, does effects the sound quality quite a bit, but since there are many factors involved, there is no easy way to clearly define what will or will not work in a different system. If there is interest, perhaps this can be a different topic in an another thread.