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| Harbeth P3Es2 or Spendor S3/5 thanks guys....I will look into the brands mentioned here, although I gotta tell you the Spendors are on my short list at this point after all the positive press I have read. I would be matching these with a VTL IT-85, which is use the lovely EL-3... | |
| Harbeth P3Es2 or Spendor S3/5 Interesting, thanks for the feedback gentlemen. I like SE version of the spendor with the Scanspeak tweeter. A little more dynamism supposedly, which is nice to have in the mix. They aren't necessarily cheap speakers for a second system, but I hea... | |
| would usb sound better than a sound card I have a Cosecant, so it should be able to reveal the difference. You're on a Crimson right? Anyway, thanks for the information! | |
| would usb sound better than a sound card Steve, are you sure about this? I am on Tiger and have been on the fence about Leopard, but trust your opinion since you have a Wavelength DAC. Did you really hear a difference? And how can I confirm the drivers were updated? | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Digital to Analog conversion is perfectly appropriate for this forum as well. | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Psacanli-"Wavelength company" is one man, Gordon Rankin. He doesn't have marketing reps, or salesman, and quite honestly doesn't seem interested at all in being anything remotely close to "mainstream". I too defend and promote Wavelength, consider... | |
| iMac Sound Quality Kana813-I never recommended going with a USB SPDIF converter, not sure one exists actually. But then again, you make things up as you go anyway, so not surprised...SPDIF sucks, much like most of the information you contribute to these threads. And... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER I think some of us are missing the point in terms of a Wavelength DAC, even some of the owners. The convenience FACTOR is nothing more than a sideshow when speaking about these DACs, and we should not lose sight of the fact that the sound quality ... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER One other thing I forgot to add...Who said anything about "Fraction of the cost"??? Particularly in this hobby, there is little rationale to the $$ we spend on this equipment. And I tend to agree that you don't always have to spend gobs of cash to... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Tpk123-Not to sound overly cliche here, and being a Cosecant owner, take it for what it's worth; but you get what you pay for in this case. A Wavelength DAC is a tried and true audiophile grade DAC, that is custom designed with a tubed output stag... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER " Do you think 16/44.1 recordings sound better than 24/96 recordings?"this question can NOT be answered with one sweeping statement like you may want it to. But to answer your question in my opinion, it depends on the DAC and the implementation. I... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER "With all due respects,I can't understand why anyone would spend big bucks on a USB Tube DAC that can only do 16/48."Single-handedly one of the dumbest most uninformed statements on this thread yet. I will tell you why people would pay this much, ... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Aplhifi-I did A/B, many times. For example my Cosecant against an $8k Meridian G08 at a dealer. A room full of people were shocked that the Cosecant killed it, including the owner. The 808 (which is an upsampling player)was another story. You coul... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Comparing CD to Vinyl is not an accurate analogy by any means. All of you are forgetting tape. 8 Track, DAT etc...Where is it now? The only thing missing now is a credible place for people to download DRM free Losslessly encoded files online somew... | |
| iMac Sound Quality ALAC is better with the MAC since you probably won't get the metadata without, particularly with WAV. Toslink is better because it isolates, but thats really it's only advantage. So it seperates the noise from one device to the next. MACs are part... |