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Need "warm" interconnects advice
Definitely GG Rapture r will be done next. I will post resulst, I am also curious to hear them. I ordered Furutech spades today, as soon as they arrive, I will make the cables.It will probably take few weeks for these to arrive, but I will post re... 
Need "warm" interconnects advice
I really want to thank you all. This is what I love most about audio - the community, the people... the willingness to help.But especially,Jafox.I just can't believe someone would really loan their mega$$$ cables to unknown person.I'm speechless. ... 
Need "warm" interconnects advice
Thank you all for your help.Mapman - Setup is : Silverline Sinfonia speakers (heavily modified)320/520 B XLS single-ended amps (for powering up from 80 Hz)Rythmik-Audio 15" subs X 2,Rythmik-Audio bass amplifiers X 4Quad CDP-2 (soon to be changed),... 
DAC with ESS Sabre chip, volume, XLR+RCA simult.
Yes, it is brilliant little device. Are you sure it supports -simultaneously - XLR and RCA outputs?What about digital volume control? 
DAC with ESS Sabre chip, volume, XLR+RCA simult.
Too bad XMOS and Exasound don't have a dual mono version.I can't believe XMOS is only 480 $ 
DAC with ESS Sabre chip, volume, XLR+RCA simult.
Thanks everbody :)I'm very grateful for your answers. I actually already own BIII and all the other parts for making such a DAC. But my electronics guy can never get a time to make it :(So I started thinking about buying finished one... 
Tube dampers on your tube s in you CDP or DAC?
I use them, not sure which ones, but these are massive and good.But I haven't noticed any improvements in sound at all, to be honest. 
Esoteric P-03/D-03 or Esoteric K-03
Thanks for all the great comments...Really helpful.Has anyone heard and compared K-03 vs K-05 or K-07? 
CD player with track programming
I think that every unit which has a program button will do it in the order you want.Here, for example.. Quad CD-P2, I own it 
CD Mats -- do they work? Are they dangerous?
I own Millenium carbon fiber mat for almost a year now.I am constantly doing A/B tests.I bought these (i own 2) for ripping my CD collection.It is in my worplace, i listen a lot and i consider myself now familiar to this product.The differences ar... 
Is bypassing KMixer worth the trouble?
Sheldonn,is Foobar 2000+WASAPI output functional in Vista or in XP?Also,what version Foobar are you talking about,0.8 or 0.9?I use XP and i have had some trouble with all this recently.. 
CD drive improves HD rip quality?
I think that drive maters.I think that since every audio transport has (some) jitter, also a PC drive must have some.And if it was all the same, than the Muillenium CD mat could not make any difference also...and it does.I also think there more an... 
CD drive improves HD rip quality?
I used EAC till last week.Now i use easy CD-DA extractor.With this program i can set the ripping speed to low 4x.This is a very small improvement,but still i can hear it in A-B test.I did not find this option in EAC.Cerrot thanks,i always thought ... 
Is bypassing KMixer worth the trouble?
I am just doing it...This is pretty complicated.http://www.aqvox.de/Asio-USB-Audio-installation-e.htmThis is the link i found useful.I am not sure,but i think if it is done right,then the volume control (in Winamp or Foobar 2000) does not work any... 
CD drive improves HD rip quality?
Also,one more problem...Does anyone know how to do THIS:"""""""As for OS, am using XP with the device manager options selected to disable kmixer - i.e: ~"Do not map through this device"/"Do not use audio through this device"- applied to both Empir...