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| Problem with USB audio Make sure that the USB port on your computer is a good one. Try them all.Also, give the player high priority - realtime or highest.If you are running any other USB devices, this will screw things up. Remove them and try again. You may have a confl... | |
| Newbe PC audio Cerrot - I have been wondering about the new Firewire DiceII chip and how good it is, as you tout this with almost every post you make. I read the AES paper on the JET jitter reduction and it was very interesting. Well a friend finally brought ove... | |
| MBA project - audiophile computer transport "The equipment is pretty good--I'm a vinyl person, so my DAC is not the best. It's a Levinson 360S. The transport that I compare to is the Levinson 37. Actually--it's quite good for redbook."I have to be skeptical here because I've modded a bit of... | |
| MBA project - audiophile computer transport Rives - you are comparing apples and oranges IMO. Now if you had a low jitter bit-perfect digital computer source and compared it to the same track playing on a Transport, not a CD player, then you would have a valid comparison. Digital Lens is ol... | |
| MBA project - audiophile computer transport Turn-key servers like this are really only for the computer illiterate IMO. For most of us that have WiFi networks and can find our way around a computer, the ticket is iTunes and AppleTV controlled by an iPhone or a Sonos system. You dont need a ... | |
| Apple versus PC This is only because you were not bypassing kmixer on the PC. The PC can sound just as good or better than Mac. With XP if you unmap the device, it is superb. The USB interface you are using makes a big difference too. If you are getting 24/44.1 r... | |
| External DAC vs. your quality processor I've heard a lot of processors and a lot of DAC's. I have yet to hear a SS processor that holds a candle to a good DAC. My Proceed AVP is not bad, one of the more musical ones, but nothing compared to a good DAC. | |
| My First USB DAC Sounds Dull, Please Help DAC's vary a lot in their sound and quality. Dont believe everything you read on the forums.One thing that is probably a big limiter here is the USB interface, which I believe is based on one of the TI PCM270X chips. These have given USB audio a b... | |
| Which way to go to built a music server?? None of these WiFi devices will compete with a good transport unless they are reclocked. After reclocking, they are all about the same. In stock form, the Duet probably has the lowest jitter. | |
| Long Coaxial audio run? Undertow - here are two good USB cables:SynergisticLocus Design AxisAs for DAC's, they are all somewhat sensitive to the incoming jitter, even those with isolated free-running reclocking. In theory they shouldn't be, but they are. I know because I... | |
| Long Coaxial audio run? "Is USB effected by all this "Jitter" for example a laptop connected to a USB Dac with like a 15 foot USB Cable etcÂ…?"Yes, and it depends on the DAC and it depends on the cable as to how much. Cables with small gauge silver conductors and air or t... | |
| Long Coaxial audio run? Vvrinc - I spend a LOT of time on the forums educating audiophiles about one of the most pervasive problems with digital audio, and that is Jitter. Digital audio is comprised of two elements, the data words and the timing of these data words. The ... | |
| Long Coaxial audio run? In my system, this would completely crush the quality. Even 2 feet of 1694 does this. Depends on your system.I would recommend using WiFI instead, such as Squeezebox, duet or AppleTV. The same data is delivered. The only difference is jitter and s... | |
| USB DAC's ? Dan - I am stopping mods to the DAC-1 soon in favor of my own Overdrive USB DAC/PRE. Unless he can buy one used on Audiogon, they will not be available much longer. Customers have been bugging me for years to do my own stuff, so this is what I'm d... | |
| Best Digital Input from PC to DAC If you are using XP, I would recommend unmapping the device. This will make the USB interface sound a bit better. USB interface quality varies a lot from one product to another, so it may stil not be better than the S/PDIF input. Here is how to un... |