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| WAV vs. AIFF Right in so many ways, when the concomitant digital picture is put back together from a lossless compress, it looks just like the original file...but in my experience there is something ineffable which is lost during the 'rebuild' process. B&W... | |
| Apple TV vs Wadia 170i? Hmm, I have listened to the Benchmark DAC1 on several occasions. On both occasions I could not wait for them to take it out of the system. It just sounds like cold sterile digital from the days when all digital sounded ... well ... bad. I don't ge... | |
| Apple TV vs Wadia 170i? I would offer that Apple TV makes for the better musical source. I did not like the Wadia at all. It has a signature that is a bit shrill (tilted-up with a plastic artificiality) when compared to the Apple Tv or the mac mini. I also tried the unit... | |
| WAV vs. AIFF It absolutely is compressed (think about it, if it were not, it would be the same size as the original) BUT..every bit which is removed is replaced when it is played back unlike lossy compression inwhich files never return to the original state an... | |
| WAV vs. AIFF I have been using my mac mini for about 2 years as my main musical source (all transports GONE :) I did very heavy comparisons of AAC/WAV/AIFF and m4a(Apple lossless) my findings are that while Apple Lossless is very very good, you lose some air a... | |
| Toslink to AT&T ST Conversion Funny...I am trying to do the same thing. You may have to end up using a Monarchy dip and then converting the Tos to AES/EBU. You should also look into "glass" Toslink if you haven't. I have heard tell it very close if not equal to AT&T glass.Don | |
| which is better msb ilink or wadia 170 The wadia is using the digital stream BUT...and here is the difference between the $300 and $2000; the wadia grabs the digital stream AFTER apple touches it i.e converts the raw feed from the drive to spdif...etc. MSB modifies the unit and grabs t... | |
| Dynaxox Dyna Station CD player I own the Dynastaion 2, flat out the best player I have ever listened to. I have owned or audtitioned in home; Sony SCD-1, Wadia 7 with various dacs, Wadia 581, MBL 1521 player, ML 31.5 with Super Bidat and too many more for me to go through. It i... |