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I just picked up your magazine for the

ﬁrst time and love it. I especially enjoyed

The High Fidelity Digital Jukebox (in

UHF No.74) and looked up your previous

articles on the CEC DA53 and the iPod.

I would like to know what would be

necessary to make a “hi-ﬁ” system with this

technique. I would start fresh and abandon

all my mid-ﬁ and at this point would use a

CD or DVD player and stream music via

Wi-Fi or LAN. Thus I am most interested

in playing music from digital sources. I would

like to start building my system, so could you

list the components in order of necessity? I

already have a computer, iTunes (I use Apple

Lossless) and a network.

Derek Sou

VICTORIA, BC

Derek, this issue includes a review of

the Slim Devices Squeezebox, which may

be one key to getting the best possible

sound from your computer. The Squee

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zebox connects by Ethernet or Wi-Fi,

and it can feed a digital signal into a

genuine hi-ﬁ system. Using the Apple

Lossless codec is the right choice in our

view. Anyone not able to use iTunes

can download the Free Lossless Audio

Codec (FLAC), available for all com-

puter platforms including Linux, Unix,

Solaris, plus some we’ve never heard of.

It’s at http://ﬂac.sourceforge.net. Actu

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ally, if your computer is near your music

system and it has a digital output, you

don’t even need the Squeezebox.

The idea of getting a digital signal

from the computer or the accessory box

is to avoid letting cheap computer gear

handle the digital-to-analog conversion.

That means you’ll need a good quality

external converter, which could turn

out to be your most expensive single

component. If you want to be able to play

CDs directly, look for a good CD player

which also has a digital input.

Then add what you can afford in

the way of an integrated ampliﬁer and

loudspeakers. Both should be made by

companies that also make the products

you wish you could afford.

First of all I want to tell you how much

I love reading your magazine. I am very

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