audioengr
Responses from audioengr
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Zaikesman - I would be wary of drawing conclusions about jitter reduction from a Monarchy DIP. It certainly helps, but as you say, is far cry from elimination of jitter. Even the expensive Big-Ben, which incidently works much better is not jitter ... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Alex - You claim that ther are other "Factors" than jitter. What are they?The ability to read disks without error is a capability of even the cheapest $50 transports. What else is there than jitter?I suppose one other thing could be galvanic isola... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Jsadurni wrote:"Are you saying that the only difference between a good transport and a bad one is in the High frequencies?"No, the jitter is the difference. The HF are the most noticable effect of jitter.Steve N. | |
| Up & Over sampling Is one superior to the other? SRC is Secret Rabbit Code, written by a coder in Australia. It is a plug-in for Foobar2000. Foobar2000 is a free player for computer, the best-sounding of the PC players IMO.I posted recommendations for the best software combination on my forum, b... | |
| Up & Over sampling Is one superior to the other? Here is what I have experienced:1) SRC is the best-sounding software upsampler for Foobar2000, at 24/962) Hardware upsamplers all sound about the same, not so great IMO, with one exception: for 24/192 upsampling, the SM5847AF chip is wonderful. Im... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Astrostar59 - what you must understand is that the Transport primariily has a impact on the jitter. The jitter has a sonic signature that mostly impacts the high-frequencies and the dynamics of the HF. The DAC on the other hand can have an impact ... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? "The wisdom handed down to me from one of the most respected engineers and manufacturers of tube gear was expensive transport and modest dac make for a musical presentation and the other way an audiophile presentation."This is not wisdom IMO, it i... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Jitter is the difference in both Transports and digital cables. Jitter is also a problem with commercial CD disks. Rewriting a disk with a low-jitter writer can be equivalent to $1200 in mods to the transport or a $600 digital cable. See these art... | |
| best wireless distribution? Meitner DAC? You had better get whatever you decide on modded. None of them are great stock... The only one that will purportedly do 24/96 is the Transporter.Steve N.Empirical AudioManufacturer | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC "With word-clock, (and the addition of a master-clock and compatible DAC, digital amp, or digital speakers) the home audiophile can put the kabosh on the sonic artifacts of interconnect generated jitter once and for all (the way the studios have b... | |
| The basics of PC audio Cable-free from Belkin is still not available. Last I read it was November 2006.steve N. | |
| Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ? Undertow - I add it to the DAC-1 for $500 and to the DEQX for about $750. Depends on the DAC and which board I use. I can add it to almost ANY DAC easily and more cheaply with a wired version, but it will not address muting and Sample Rate decode.... | |
| Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ? Undertow - I can add high-performance USB to practically any DAC or even the DEQX, but the cost will depend on what is inside the DAC. The correct implementation is USB to I2S to D/A chip. Doing this has its pitfalls, namely muting and sample-rate... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Kana813 - you can spend your own money any way you want, it's your money. BTW, are there any reviews of the Maui mods?Steve N. | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC If you want to use your own stock DAC, then the best solutions IMO are S/PDIF interfaces with low jitter, such as the modded Squeezebox3 from Bolder or Red Wine with a good Digital cable (wireless and limited to 16/44.1) or Empirical Audio Off-Ram... |