doggiehowser
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| Converting FLAC to WAV and keeping tags? Actually it's either they hear no difference at all or WAV sounds better. | |
| Converting FLAC to WAV and keeping tags? I just stuck to AIFF which supports meta data and is uncompressed lossless.Some have had good results with FLAC set at 0 compression.WAV does support meta data now IIRC but getting the software that supports it seems to be difficult. | |
| New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5 I posted about this a while back in another Playback thread. I also posted what JTinn wrote. http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1347671997&openmine&zzDoggiehowser&4&5#Doggiehowser | |
| Volume level of ARC Ref 5 seems very high For me, there is audible bass and there is tactile bass which is transmitted through the floor, the sofa etc. I am getting a fair bit more of that with the Rothwells installed and at a lower level SPL than what I normally listen to. w/o the Rothwe... | |
| Volume level of ARC Ref 5 seems very high I noticed that while the SPL with the Rothwells in and the ARC at 35 was about 70-78dB for one of the pieces I was listening to, and w/o the Rothwells, the SPL was ard the same level when the ARC was at 25, there was a tactile feedback I was getti... | |
| Unsatisfied with Esoteric K-01: Alternatives? I use an XDS1 and MPS5 thru a tube preamp (ARC 5SE and Ayon CD5S). | |
| Volume level of ARC Ref 5 seems very high I live outside the US so my dealer got me a new unit and handled the upgrade on his own. | |
| Volume level of ARC Ref 5 seems very high Still loving it :)Running it in was a bit painful. It was great out of the box. Then not. Then worse. Then eureka :) | |
| How to convert FLAC to WAV ? I find AIFF more convenient because it stores meta data. I think it sounded better than ALAC but presents slightly differently from WAV. | |
| How to convert FLAC to WAV ? M_SnowHave you tried AIFF? | |
| Volume level of ARC Ref 5 seems very high Got the Rothwells a couple of days ago in the mail but I was out of town so only just got around to testing it.I am using it in between the CDP and the Ref5SE but it can also be used between preamp and power amp. The reason I am using it this way ... | |
| Benchmark DAC2 or Bel Canto DAC3.5VB or OPPO 105 I havent heard the new Benchmark 2. I had the old DAC 1 Pre and thought it sounded dry. I've had a few Sabre32 DACs (Oppo 95, Audiolan 8200CDQ and W4S DAC2) and thought they had a familial sound. Sweet, smooth but I found the Bel Canto DAC3.5VB (e... | |
| Benchmark DAC2 or Bel Canto DAC3.5VB or OPPO 105 I'd get the Bel Canto and use the DAC's ht bypass feature and go direct to power amps. If you don't use power amps with the Onkyo, I recommend doing so. The Onkyo is decent but it's not stellar esp for stereo. | |
| restoring music library from mac "Time Machine" It shouldn't. Why would you think it does?Unless you ripped in Apple Lossless or AIFF and then used iTunes Match to match it to a lossy M4A format | |
| Amarra or amarra symphony??? I understand the creator of A+ is now working on new plug ins for the next version so the EQ might be in the works but there was an offer to buy the software at the current price before it gets upped with the new features.If you don't need DSD pla... |