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| choose a DAC to complete my system Pelo911, looks like you're getting similar advice on your other threads as well regarding adverse effects of your room setup. I know it's hard to resist, but it may be better (and less costly) to wait until moving into your new place and getting a... | |
| Preamp suggestion for Class d Audio sds 470c The Jeff Rowland Capri, at around $2k used, should be included on your list. BTW, J Rowland was one of the first high end designers to adopt Class D. | |
| 24/192 Music Downloads and why they make no sense This topic has been addressed ad nauseum for years. Yet, despite millions of folks who obviously DO hear and appreciate the increased fidelity of hi-res PCM and DSD, this kind of pseudoscience article continues to float around.The primary fallacy ... | |
| Add DAC or mod player? The Chord Qute may be a very good choice. Among other things, it seems to have reclocking to hopefully manage the very high jitter that you can expect from the CD transport. You could also leave your Arcam attached to the digital coax input while ... | |
| New DSD DAC. Recommendations please Ayre Acoustics has just released an upgrade to their QB-9 DAC that you may find very interesting. It uses the ESS Sabre Reference chip and implements DSD, and designer Charles Hanson asserts that high res PCM sounds equally as great.The original Q... | |
| choose a DAC to complete my system Huge +1 for Onhwy61. Your photos indicate possible major problems with speaker setup and room placement. There seems to be a large difference in the space behind your left vs.right speaker, with the right in front of a large void under a staircase... | |
| Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne Hifi Will,Here's hoping that you will soon kick "Big C's" ass and be able to complete your order for those MMMicros. | |
| Lots of detail, great imaging, not much bass? You might give consideration to a used pair of Triangle Cometes. | |
| a crazy free audiophile tweak TLS49, ROFL...That's just waaay too funny.Hope my wife doesn't see those, as she'll probably try to get them for my birthday. Last year it was this neatly wrapped present of river rocks after she saw the Machina Dynamica pebbles ads and laughed he... | |
| Best player for iPhone, pad "there's a hardware limitation on iOS devices that limits playback to 48kHz and 44.1kHz. So no 88.2, 96 or 192kHz material will be played natively"There are exceptions to this...Example: iPad via Apple's $35 Camera Connection Kit will output digit... | |
| Arcam, Cambridge Audio or Sony: Most musical?? Aloha, SunnyJim.I've owned both the Arcam CD-33 and Ayre CX-7e MP. Both are quality, highly musical sources, but the Ayre is in a different league. If you have an extensive SACD collection, I would suggest the Arcam CD-37 that now supports SACD, o... | |
| Nad C565BEE vs. Arcam CD23? As you probably know, the Arcam CD23T FMJ is one of the last and best Ring DAC models that Arcam designed. Later models used Wolfson DACs for cost savings and then were very questionably touted as "improved". Since you seem to like this component ... | |
| RCA to balanced If your BAT preamp has available RCA inputs, use them. There is most likely no SQ advantage from using the balanced XLR input with an unbalanced source. There is a slight, insignificant increase in gain via XLR, but your signal will also negotiate... | |
| How do I use dedicated storage and iTunes? +1 Yiorys. You can demonstrate this to yourself by setting up a subfolder on your 1TB backup drive and designating it within iTunes preferences as above. | |
| USB to S/PDIF: Stello U3 You've properly also directed this qn to the April Music site. If you already own both, no harm in trying it, and I suspect that the Stello might be able to conform its output to 24/96. Interesting experiment to see how an asynchronous USB-S/PDIF ... |