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| Is USB overrated as decent digital source? MikeChai - the difference in cost of USB converters is mostly due to four factors:1) the inclusion of a low-jitter clock, such as Superclock4.2) external power supply3) custom software driver (not using the stock Windows driver)4) optimum design a... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Kana813 - when it comes to mods, I have very little competition. I have such a backlog (12 weeks) that I am turning most of them away now. I dont see any info on the website about the nature of the Transporter mods BTW..Steve N. | |
| Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ? You have to make a choice: Wireless using Wi-Fi or USB cable. USB cable can give you better performance, and 24/96 capability. The only Wi-Fi box that has 24/96 is the Transporter. A good upsampler like SRC on a PC can bring amazing results, more ... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Jamscience - yes I read all of this. Does not specify whether this is supported wirelessly. You can direct internet wire to the box also. | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Unclejeff - the term streaming also refers to what the computer does when it sends the data to the converter at the native rate.My customers tell me that 24/96 upsampling on MAC is not as good as native 16/44.1 As for PC, there are several upsampl... | |
| Mac mini audio through optical or USB or?? It should be as simple as selecting the "speaker" at the bottom of the iTunes window, assuming that you have the driver installed properly. If it requires only a Windows driver, then all you must do is plug in the USB cable and it will install the... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC If this is true, sounds like a good one to mod.Steve N. | |
| Hard drive storage still need good cd player? Samuellaudio - please dont lump my converters with the likes of Sonos and "similar" boxes. There are no similar boxes IMO. If you look at what it costs to mod a transport, buy a good digital cable and the time and money it takes to re-write all of... | |
| Hard drive storage still need good cd player? benmalan@comcast.net - Most computer converters on the market are not as good as Transports, but the technology potential is there to outperform ALL transports. My fully modded ($1280 in mods)transport is setting gathering dust because my computer... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Kana813 - Are you certain that the transporter does 24/96 wirelessly? I could not find this in the specs.Steve N. | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC I'll give it a shot too:1) rip my CDs to WAV files on the hard drive(s) of my choiceI have found that the fast DVD-R/W drives in Toshiba laptops work great with Exact Audio Copy. They do error-free rips at 5-8X speed. This is extremely important. ... | |
| Mac mini audio through optical or USB or?? If you want to run 24/96, USB is your only option. None of the wireless options will do it. An I2S interface can raise the quality significantly, whether its from the SB or from a USB converter. Getting rid of the Toslink and even the S/PDIF makes... | |
| Hard drive storage still need good cd player? The data on the CD and the data on the HD should be identical if you get a good rip. The difference will be the jitter levels on playback. A Computer with the right converter with low-jitter clock will have much lower jitter than the CD player or ... | |
| Lossless HD soln vs. nice CD player The potential for Computer playback is much higher than for CD playback. It is just technically superior. You can even outperform most CD systems using computer audio. This white-paper explains why:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue22/nugent.h... | |
| effect of tubes in cd players I have not modded anything recently, including your preamp. In fact, I'm going more the route that you are taking, designing my own gear and doing less mods. Perhaps someday you will mod one of mine.Are you saying that it is not possible to improv... |