Hi. I'm new to this forum and comp. audio in general and have some questions. First my system is very modest - Parasound P/HP-830 preamp, Adcom GFA-535 amp, Cambridge Audio S30 speakers on stands, Athena powered sub in very small room of about 8'x10'. I've been using digital files for portable use (ipod) for a few years now and have been using EAC to rip mp3s. The mp3s can be used on just about anything and I liked that. But now I've become interested in the pc-as-a-music-server-thing. Are my mp3s useless for that purpose or is my audio system not a high enough resolution to be able to tell much of a difference? I've also been downloading from eMusic which uses VBR mp3 and I have no idea about sampling rates. Maybe someone can point me to a good (easy to understand) tutorial/article to help me figure this all out.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
James
Hi. I'm new to this forum and comp. audio in general and have some questions. First my system is very modest - Parasound P/HP-830 preamp, Adcom GFA-535 amp, Cambridge Audio S30 speakers on stands, Athena powered sub in very small room of about 8'x10'. I've been using digital files for portable use (ipod) for a few years now and have been using EAC to rip mp3s. The mp3s can be used on just about anything and I liked that. But now I've become interested in the pc-as-a-music-server-thing. Are my mp3s useless for that purpose or is my audio system not a high enough resolution to be able to tell much of a difference? I've also been downloading from eMusic which uses VBR mp3 and I have no idea about sampling rates. Maybe someone can point me to a good (easy to understand) tutorial/article to help me figure this all out.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
James