Thanks for your detailed reply Peter!

So do you advocate just a pure 2 channel approach or do you also play multi-channel tracks as well?

Also, it seems to me HDMI provides the only directly way of moving the digital signal from the PC to the receiver -I am using a Pioneer SC-27 which replaced a whole bunch of separate amps and preamps with a really clean nice sound for my listening room.  I was at CES this year and a rep showed my a 2 channel amp chip that produces 75 watts per channel and has been a-b against huge tube amps and won or tied most of the time in listening tests.

So I guess if this is all about zillion dollar cables and huge tube amps then I will have to pass.

And yes I used KS and found it worked well except for switching between 2 and multi-channel tracks.

Hi,

I am new to this party, I have been using FB2K for years and I am a total GEEK and Developer as well as a massive audio collector.   Currently I run my main system (surround, Clements Ribbon Speakers (Phil is a friend of mine) all being run from an I7 Acer Ultra Portable via HDMI out normally using WASAPI to feed from FB2K.

I have 2 turntables with Moving Coil cartridges with a hand build pre-peramp, but I have not played any Vinyl in years as I don't believe that it sounds better than high bit rate audio and certainly no where as good as well produced surround.
I also use the IZotope Ozone 4 to tweak the sound to the room.

So based on my proclivities  will I hear cleaner sound from this player?
If so, please explain why.

Will the Acer be OK for the PC to use?

Will I still be able to use Ozone on the 2 ch content?

Will I be able to move over my playing history from FB2K?

And last - is the Peter from here the same guy as Peter from FB2K?   :-)

Thanks,
Barry