Digital Music/Streaming

There are many ways to achieve your aim.

What equipment do you currently have and what do you wish your system to be capable of?

At the moment all I have is an old pair of mission speaks.  So I'm looking to start a system from scratch, I have all my music stored on my PC and want to be able to play this through a stereo system.  I'll mostly be using headphones for this, thinking of the grado80i's

If your PC is next to your hi-fi: plug it in (going via a dedicated DAC, rather than one in PC soundcard, can improve sound quality).

If it's in another room or cabling directly isn't an option you're into the world of streaming solutions.

Thanks Donnerbono could you recommend a DAC?

I presume headphones out of the PC sound naff. I always start with the cheapest option!

If you literally just want headphones then Arcam do a DAC / Headphone amp.

You can get a Denon for about £200 all round stereo and then you can review need for DAC and better speakers after. There's a Denon DM39  soon which will make the DM38 go down in price too!.

Marantz do a nice mini hi fi too if you want to spend more money!

That's my 2p anyway.

Try this combo....

http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/tannoy-reveal-601a-pair--92604

http://www.homehifi.co.uk/products/products.html

It will do everything that you need and come in under budget.