Hi,
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 running XP and the 8600 has both firewire and USB outputs.
I am using J River Media Jukebox.
I would like to run my laptop as a CD Transport to my Theta Gen VIII.
Is J River fine to use as a software and do I need the ASIO drivers also? I see that in playback on the J River software that it has ASIO (presumably for downloading the ASIO drivers and also a direct sound checkbox. Do I upsample in the software or let the Theta do the upsampling?
I will also need a converter. Is it better to output via firewire or USB from the Dell? From what I can gather it looks like Firewire is the better choice, but I don't know and?
Either way, I'll need to find a converter to output SPDIF or AES to the Theta - any recommendations?
I've read the Empirical Audio website and also Computer Audiophile but am still left with these questions.
Any suggestions will be very appreciated!
