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| Need USB conversion for DAC DIY Paradise dot com has a cheap/easy kit, a complete USB DAC and you cannot go wrong with the Benchmark USB Dac IMHO. | |
| iTunes Ripping - Strange Digital Artifacts Are you playing music or using other functions on the computer as your rip? I have had some problems if I was transferring files or playing files (especially if you are playing the CD as you rip it). I think that there may be a usb through put iss... | |
| Dylan/Cash Sessions - good on LP? A bootleg vinyl pressing? | |
| How many dbs i will gain with 0,6mv cart.vs 0,3mv? Shelter 501 at 47k ohms. I ran mine at about 100 ohms. I'd try that soon. 47k is more what you would use with a MM not a MC FWIW.If you have to, years ago I remember attaching 1/4 watts directly to the back of the cartridge when I needed a 10k loa... | |
| Making your ARC 110/210/220 dead quiet Wish I had thought of this... Thank you- and nice system! | |
| Low volume music With out a doubt I'd check into Quad esl's... | |
| Installation Instructions?? Use a hemostat (electronic/medical/fishing supply places) and clamp onto the wire crimp using the first setting(click). Sometimes it is hard to hold onto the connector and push at the same time, | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours Items packed in styrofoam "peanuts/popcorn"! | |
| How to clean CDs Try the discwasher fluid, if it disolved it once it should do it again. | |
| Which classified section do you peruse first? New today with my morning coffee... | |
| James Randi vs. Anjou Pear - once and for all I feel that it would depend a lot upon the system used in the test and who decided. I know that in my system, different cables are easily distinguished, even by a nay sayer engineer (price does not dictate quality). However, if it were in a system... | |
| Radiohead's new business model: Sounds sort of like "magnatune"dot com... | |
| High frequency ringing caused by drivers? A microphonic tube can test fine (6dj8/6922 for instance) even though they are ringing. Have you tapped the tubes with a pencil eraser ? It is a simple test to see if that tube has microphonics in the audible range. | |
| We often underate the importance of the DAC If you really want to hear how good redbook cd is, you have to try running a usb dac off a mac/pc that is set up correctly using a lossless file. You will never, I repeat never go back to using a transport- no matter how good you think it is... | |
| Bass Drivers - Quickest / Best Way to Break In? Have you considered that just the bass drivers, or just one of the bass drivers is out of phase. I've had that before from a 'high end manufacturer' and couldn't find the problem myself and had to send it back for repairs. I'd contact Eggleston an... |