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In my case I have to say yes it will. I like to think my setup is fairly high end and I am now convinced that a well setup PC/Squeezebox/DAC frontend will do all a CDP does and more.

One has to question the cost. Yes a SB is cheap but a PC & DAC aren't. I started this thinking that replacing my CDS2 with a CDS3 was expensive (it is) so using my existing PC keeps the copst down but if you are starting from scratch you'd need a PC £500, HDD £250, Squeezebox & bits £300 & DAC £2000; all in all the same price as a good CDP.

I understand the theory as to why Naim keep their DAC close to the transport, less chance of nasty interference etc but I'm not sure how that applies with a PC as the packets are nothing special until they hit the Squeezebox. So keeping the signal path between the DAC & the Squeezebox might be important.

<blockquote data-quote="Tom Alves" data-source="post: 584462" data-attributes="member: 1174">In my case I have to say yes it will.&nbsp; I like to think my setup is fairly high end and I am now convinced that a well setup PC/Squeezebox/DAC frontend will do all a CDP does and more.&nbsp; One has to question the cost.&nbsp; Yes a SB is cheap but a PC &amp; DAC aren't.&nbsp; I started this thinking that replacing my CDS2 with a CDS3 was expensive (it is)&nbsp; so using my existing PC keeps the copst down but if you are starting from scratch you'd need a PC £500, HDD £250, Squeezebox &amp; bits £300 &amp; DAC £2000; all in all the same price as a good CDP.I understand the theory as to why Naim keep their DAC close to the transport, less chance of nasty interference etc but I'm not sure how that applies with a PC as the packets are nothing special until they hit the Squeezebox.&nbsp; So keeping the signal path between the DAC &amp; the Squeezebox might be important.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Alves, post: 584462, member: 1174"] In my case I have to say yes it will. I like to think my setup is fairly high end and I am now convinced that a well setup PC/Squeezebox/DAC frontend will do all a CDP does and more. One has to question the cost. Yes a SB is cheap but a PC & DAC aren't. I started this thinking that replacing my CDS2 with a CDS3 was expensive (it is) so using my existing PC keeps the copst down but if you are starting from scratch you'd need a PC £500, HDD £250, Squeezebox & bits £300 & DAC £2000; all in all the same price as a good CDP. I understand the theory as to why Naim keep their DAC close to the transport, less chance of nasty interference etc but I'm not sure how that applies with a PC as the packets are nothing special until they hit the Squeezebox. So keeping the signal path between the DAC & the Squeezebox might be important. [/QUOTE]

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