[G4] Integratng with home stereo

[Roger Harris]

I don't have exotic stereo setup; but it is probably barely above 
average. Fairly good Sony reciever and the spearkers are in wood 
cabnets. The sound quality is good from the mac. My files are all AIFF 
straight from my CDs to iTunes; I don't have any MP3s. I have a 6 CD 
player in the stereo I run the Mac to but I never use the CD player 
anymore; For at last two years.

My active iTunes is 650 songs at 13gig. I have about twice that or more 
but I didn't bother to put it in iTunes because I don't listen to them. 
I will definitly be using Apples losless.

It doesn't cost much to try it this way. Sound quality is very 
subjective but I think most people will find this setup with Mac's built 
in sound is just fine; but you are really using your stereo. Many of my 
friends are long time musicians and they generaly like my setup. 
Remember; It is running through the stereo and the stereo delivers the 
sound. The Mac is acting like a tape deck or CD deck. The Mac port works 
fine. A sound card would be a waste because; Again, you are using the 
stereo.

Roger


David wrote:


> Roger, Nathan,and Zhmmy.
>
> What sound quality are you experiencing going from the speaker port of 
> you mac into your amplifier? What format are you using for your music 
> files?
>
> I want to get rid of my CD rack, and burn everything to a dedicated 
> music server running itunes and hook  it to my amp. I want the sound 
> quality to be as good as my current stereo system cd player. The 
> questions I have are:
>
> Do I need to burn the CDs as uncompressed to get decent sound quality? 
> What about Apples new lossless compression format?
>
> Do I need a PCI sound card to get the best fidelity, or will the 
> speaker  port work? I only want two channels, not surround.
>
> Thanks,
> David
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> I have the same simple hookup as Nathan. I have a beige G3 OS 9.1 I 
> use as a print and ...
> Roger
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> On Jun 8, 2004, at 2:25 PM, Nathan Smith wrote:
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