How do you get the best sound quality when connecting your computer to your home theater system? We’ve found a device that will dramatically improve the sound from your computer without costly upgrades to your computer of home theater system called the HRT Music Streamer II high resolution USB D/A converter.

Having a high quality D/A (or Digital-to-Analog converter) is a key factor in getting the best sound quality and performance when you’re listening to digitally compressed music on iTunes or Windows Media Player. This where the HRT Music Streamer II makes the difference; instead of using the computer’s sound card to output the audio the HRT Music Streamer connects to a USB port on your computer. This way the sound completely bypasses the computers sound card and avoids the inherent deficiencies of the computer’s sound card.

An HRT Music Streamer II is a great gift, ideal for any music lover who wants to listen to music stored on their computer (MP3) or stream internet radio. For more dedicated audiophile stereo systems HRT also makes some even higher performing USB streamer D/A converters. The one you choose would be based on how important every bit of audio performance is to you.

Check out the full line of high performance HRT Music Streamer D/A converters available from OneCall.

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Patrick is our most experienced sales person, and has worked at OneCall longer than any other sales associate. He is a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of the electronics business and is a great go to guy for those tough questions that come up on a daily basis. Patrick was born and raised in Washington State, growing up in the Bellingham area before relocating to Spokane where he has lived for well over 12 years….he is a true Washington State native. When he’s not selling Electronics and helping our customers at OneCall, Patrick enjoys working in his garden, cooking and playing video games on his Sharp TV. If he could have any electronics product available, at the moment, he would go with the 65” Panasonic 3D Plasma TV and if he could go anywhere in the world on an ultimate vacation he would go to Australia.

PeachTree Audio has come up with a solution to really enjoy your stored music and make your computer sound like a high end CD player. So, now you can dust off those high end speakers that have not played music since you found Pandora. The Nova Integrated Stereo Amplifier has a USB connection that is isolated from the amplifier section to help eliminate noise. It uses a very high end Digital to Analog convertor (DAC) to achieve the audio quality of a high-end CD player. The ESS Sabre DAC has a patented jitter reduction circuit that “re-clocks” the signal so that it sounds flawless when it is converted to an analog signal and sent to the Class A/B amplifier for connection to your speakers. The Nova is available in Rosewood, High Gloss Black and Cherry colors. It also has a Class A tube amplifier headphone output for the most critical of listeners.

Nova Rosewood	Nova High Gloss Black	Nova Cherry

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“Without music, life is a mistake.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche

But shouldn’t it sound good?

When the choleric German philosopher listened to music, it was in parlors and concert halls and there is nothing as moving in music as a live performance.  The digital revolution has given us access to a huge archive of music at the touch of our fingertips, but the quality is suspect.  When played through a good stereo or home theatre system, the MP3 cannot equal the quality of a good CD player.  It is fine for background music, but most of us want something more than what we hear at the dentist office.   Concurrently, more and more of the music available to us is stored on a hard drive or streamed on the internet.  It is like having an endless supply of food, but it is all McDonald’s.

The Peachtree Audio  Nova, iDecco and Decco 2 Integrated Amplifiers offer a solution to provide near-audiophile quality to your digital music.  The heart and soul of these units is the ESS 9006 Sabre DAC.  According to the Peachtree web site,  the Sabre DAC has a patented jitter reduction circuit that re-clocks the digital signal to almost zero jitter before passing it through a high-resolution 24/192 upsampling processor that’s also capable of 122dB s/n ratio.    It will take even the most compressed digital signal and make it sound as if it were playing through a high end CD player.  If you are still thinking about food, it will turn whatever it is McDonalds serves into grass fed beef.

All three models can be used as a standalone DAC with multiple inputs.  Though the DAC is the same in all three models, they differ in the number of inputs and power.  All three models have USB inputs to allow you to play digital music files directly from the computer, and optical and coaxial inputs for digital sources like a CD player, musical streamer and music server.  All have pre-amp outputs to use with a powered subwoofer or outboard power amplifier. All have a class A tube in the pre-amp to take the edge off of digital music and a class A tube headphone amp that will rival the best headphone amps on the market.

The iDecco is ideal for the ipod user.    It has a built in iPod dock with true digital to digital connectivity.  All the iPod docks on the market today have analogue outputs forcing you to use iPod’s internal power supply and DAC.  The iDecco has a high current 40 watt amplifier.

The Decco 2  is similar to the iDecco, but it does not have the built in iPod dock.  It has a 50 watt amp and an internal bay for the Sonos ZonePlayer 90 for wireless connectivity with a Sonos system

The Nova has an 80 watt amplifier and additional optical and coaxial digital inputs.    It also has a third analogue output the doubles as a “home theatre bypass” so you can integrate the amplifier with your home theatre system.  Like the Decco 2, the Nova has an internal bay for the Sonos Zone Player 90.

The iDecco and Decco 2 are available in special priced kits with the Peachtree DS4.5 speakers.  Both kits offer an outstanding all in one solution for the office or small room.  The DS4.5 speakers provide great sound and a small footprint.

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See the complete details of the new Bose SoundLink™ now available at OneCall.

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Get the complete details for the KEF PicoForte 1, or Call our experts at 1.866.919.4773.

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The best part is the secret though . You can enter a code so this player will play all regions DVD’s .

I am going to get one even though my current unit works fine just because it is such a great deal. Check it out here.

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Patrick is our most experienced sales person, and has worked at OneCall longer than any other sales associate. He is a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of the electronics business and is a great go to guy for those tough questions that come up on a daily basis. Patrick was born and raised in Washington State, growing up in the Bellingham area before relocating to Spokane where he has lived for well over 12 years….he is a true Washington State native. When he’s not selling Electronics and helping our customers at OneCall, Patrick enjoys working in his garden, cooking and playing video games on his Sharp TV. If he could have any electronics product available, at the moment, he would go with the 65” Panasonic 3D Plasma TV and if he could go anywhere in the world on an ultimate vacation he would go to Australia.

Also, this system still does not solve the quiet audio for dialogue in movies and TV. That means you are still constantly adjusting volume when its quiet and then turning down when there is action.

For music, it sounds great! The subwoofer provides an ample amount of bass for a small to mid sized room. The clarity of the music is nice too and a great bonus is that this system comes with an Ipod dock so you can control your Ipod with your Onkyo remote control. That saves you about $100 getting the Ipod dock included.

Obviously this system is for someone who does not want to spend much, like me, or has a smaller room. However, this system is a much better solution than other systems that have the integrated DVD players such as Panasonic, Sony, Samsung, etc. Avoid those systems at all costs if you value good sound!

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The Denon AVR-4308ci Receiver has 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi connectivity in addition to a Ethernet connection. This can be used with a wireless router to stream music from your computer to your home theater system. It can also be hooked up by a ethernet cable to the router. Internet radio from around the world can be streamed to your home theater system.

Some other features worth noting is the support for HD radio as well as a component video out for a second zone. You can then have two video sources running in separate zones! Also check out the Denon S-32 Stereo Shelf System. It has the same wireless capability as the 4308ci only with the speakers built-in. This is like a alarm clock on steroids! Denon’s classic sound with wireless capability and ipod capability

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