heymikey
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| Weiss Dac2/Minerva? "A better buy than the Minerva or the Alpha?"Berkeley Alpha - $5000.00Weiss Minerva - $5000.00Weiss Dac2 - $3000.00So if the Weiss Minerva and the Weiss Dac 2 have the same internal electronics and the same sound, it is not hard to determine which... | |
| Weiss Dac2/Minerva? I'd like to hear that too. Something to remember tho, the Weiss Dac2 is $2000.00 less than the Berkeley Alpha. And yet it is supposed to have the same internal electronics as the $5000.00 Weiss Minerva, making the Dac2 a better buy. | |
| Weiss Dac2/Minerva? Bsal, thanks for your opinion. Best price I've found on the Aplha is 5K, I'm hoping to spend a bit less. | |
| Higher End USB Cables Received my Axis usb cable from Locus Design today. Right out of the box, it's impressive. It reminds me of when I went from generic speaker cable to Cardas Golden Cross, a lot more detail & presence. The sound is substantial, if that makes an... | |
| "Internet Radio" Suggestions Please? I listen to "Live 365" for hours at a time every day. Lets you choose from LOTS of stations in your chosen genre. Premium membership plans cost 6.00 to 8.00 per month. After reading the above, I'll have to check out Pandora, too. | |
| Higher End USB Cables Just bit the bullet and ordered an Axis usb cable from Lee at Locus. Thanks to all who contributed an opinion, and thanks to the original poster, Mb9061, for initiating this thread. | |
| LocusDesign Axis or RidgeStreetAudio Alethias USB Marc, thanks for your recommendations, sounds like you've got a great combo going there. My Mac mini goes to my Empirical Audio Feeway 2 usb converter, which feeds my Wadia 860X CDP through it's digital input, utilizing it as a dac. It's then on t... | |
| LocusDesign Axis or RidgeStreetAudio Alethias USB Thanks Robert, that's a big plus! | |
| LocusDesign Axis or RidgeStreetAudio Alethias USB Jtwrace, thanks for the link, I had previously read through that thread. No one in that discussion had tried the Locus Axis, or compared it to the RSA Alethias. Can't find any online comparisons either. | |
| Mid life audio crisis "Mid life audio crisis", finally, a name for my affliction! I too found the Merlins to be a bit lean, I solved that with the addition of a REL Storm III sub. I now have all the bass I could ever want, in fact, you really have to dial it down so as... | |
| iMac based system -- any advice? Well, I have an iMac I use as as music server. Unless you're going the wireless route, you'll be sending the signal out by USB. I tried wireless myself and had problems, I'm now wired all the way. You're going to need a dac first of all. If you ge... | |
| Ripping to a Mac, any software? Edtyre, thanks for all that great info! It's nice to hear from someone else with similar gear. Yes, I keep my Midi settings at 24/44.1 also. So far, all my audio files in iTunes are 16 bit. Here's what Steve at Empirical told me about 16 bit files... | |
| Ripping to a Mac, any software? Sidssp, nope, just had a few emails with Steve at Empirical, the Freeway 2 is working as designed. This one has the newest driverless firmware. | |
| Ripping to a Mac, any software? Sidssp, I'm using an Empirical Audio Freeway 2 USB to SPDIF converter, then out to an Accustic Arts Dac1 MK3. With this configuration, there is no 16 bit rate option available in the iMac's Midi settings, 24 bit only. I do have sampling rate optio... | |
| Ripping to a Mac, any software? Sidssp, that's good info, some people are not aware of the Midi utility. I'm familiar with the midi settings, but due to my downstream hardware it is not possible to set it for a 16 bit rate, mine is 24 bit only. So I have mine set at 24 bit, 44.1... |