Anyone try this with a high quality IC - if you can call the 3.5 mini-phono jack that. ;-) I'm curious how it compared before investing in another custom IC.
I go directly from the IMac to the Processor (Krell HTS7.1) with a 37' run of Toslink from Lifatec and IMHO it sounds really good. I agree with those that want to keep it simple.
restock - i agree with you. each time i hooked up either a computer or the AE to an external dac, it was ok, not great. but when i inserted a jitter device in the middle, and started to use a better decoder on itunes, both together, made a huge difference but at a cost of using 3 times the disk space.
"i also have played with the sooloos system. what a waste of $$$ IMO. you get a decent interface and thats about it. my iphone remote app does a better job at presenting music anywhere in my house than the sooloos does. and when you cost out the sooloos system with the appropriate setup to make it fault tolerant (raid setup), able to perform backups, whole house server, terabytes worth of storage, you are approaching $20k+ and it contains a terrible dac (that might be updated by now). again, IMO."
That's rather harsh criticism about the Sooloos. Hard to imagine it's as bad as you describe it for the cost. I know a local dealer who carries it (haven't had a chance to audition), but he wouldn't do so unless it performed up there with the best sources. He uses a Stahl-tek Vekian DAC with it.
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