Hi, a friend suggested I post this on here. TLDR how do I best access locally stored FLAC files for hifi playback?
I have a large collection of FLAC files from my digitised music collection. I would like to be able to play it via my existing hifi, and if not too big a leap, ideally access the files for playback from hifi in different rooms. If possible I would like to do this independent of using a PC. If unavoidable I could tolerate using a phone for navigation, but not storage or DAC work.
I have 3 main rooms, (office, lounge, dining room).
The panasonic SC-PMX802 seems to offer wifi and management via chromecast, even RJ45 connectivity. It presumably could allow playback via wifi but it can't be used as the source DAC as its USB is limited to 32GB FAT16/32 and I'll be nearer 1-1.5TB (with more to follow as the store grows).
Hopefully I've missed a trick and am over-complicating this. Any help gratefully received.
Budget is modest, not able to throw thousands and thousands at this, but equally don't want to hamstring myself by trying to guess a spend limit up-front if a decent investment cracks the problem.
I have a large collection of FLAC files from my digitised music collection. I would like to be able to play it via my existing hifi, and if not too big a leap, ideally access the files for playback from hifi in different rooms. If possible I would like to do this independent of using a PC. If unavoidable I could tolerate using a phone for navigation, but not storage or DAC work.
I have 3 main rooms, (office, lounge, dining room).
- My existing hifi in the office is old (JVC D7T from mid 90s), but has spare RCA inputs that can be used to feed it.
- For the downstairs rooms (2 hifi still to buy to cover DAB, CD and offline (me) or spotify streaming (wife) ) we ideally want something compact to fit on the shelves. We were thinking along the lines of the Denon DM41DAB units and using their RCA inputs for whatever gizmo needs to go into them to receive and navigate the files (and wife using BT for spotify via her phone). OR something of similar size that has the necessary tech built in. (presumably some kind of DAC with ability to navigate files, playlists etc)
- If simpler/cheaper than trying to run everything from one source I suppose I could just buy 3 large volume SSD and do something local in each room (also gives some redundancy against a drive failure i guess). Downside is I'm not sure what kit would be happy acting as a DAC and navigating such a large collection.
The panasonic SC-PMX802 seems to offer wifi and management via chromecast, even RJ45 connectivity. It presumably could allow playback via wifi but it can't be used as the source DAC as its USB is limited to 32GB FAT16/32 and I'll be nearer 1-1.5TB (with more to follow as the store grows).
Hopefully I've missed a trick and am over-complicating this. Any help gratefully received.
Budget is modest, not able to throw thousands and thousands at this, but equally don't want to hamstring myself by trying to guess a spend limit up-front if a decent investment cracks the problem.