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    Feb 01, 2022 6 minutes

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    I am a long-time subscriber and reader of Maximum PC. I would like a multimedia or home theater PC to connect to my home AV system, so that I can play audio and video (both audio/video files and from a streaming service), plus do some other PC stuff like browsing. The video playing and streaming need to be good but not high-end.

    However, the audio playing (and streaming) needs to be as good a quality as possible, so the build needs to focus on this. The minimum quality of the audio files is lossless CD 16-bit/44.1kHz; FLAC format. I'll also play 24-bit/96kHz hi-res audio files.

    My current AV receiver is a Pioneer Elite SC-68. I plan to upgrade this to a NAD M33, or something similar. Everything will be stereo. Even though the Pioneer can do surround sound it is being used as a stereo receiver. The main devices connected to the receiver will be the

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