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| Are you still playing CDs after, comp based syst? Tune - Synchro-Mesh requires a DAC, SS proc. or SS receiver to work. It is strictly digital in to digital out. It comes with no cables. The input cable can be anything, unimportant. The output S/PDIF coax cable should be a very good one and 1.5m l... | |
| Uprgrading my Metrum Octave DAC Matt - you can convert all of your FLAC files to .wav using dbpoweramp on PC or XLD on Mac.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Are you still playing CDs after, comp based syst? Reclock the SB Touch, use a good 1.5m long coax cable and power supply and it may actually pass-up your transport. This is just jitter.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Uprgrading my Metrum Octave DAC Mabonn - I can only speculate why they sound inferior to .wav.I suppose it must be due to the real-time behavior of the CODEC software in the computer. Statically, the data is not changed, but somehow when these compressed formats are played dynam... | |
| Audiophilleo vs Empirical audio offramp http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=101877.msg1031321#msg1031321Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Uprgrading my Metrum Octave DAC "Every differential amplifier stage is true-balanced by default on both the input and output of the topology."In your dreams. Most good balanced output stages are either tube or discrete, so there are several issues that make them imperfect:1) DC ... | |
| What is the best transport? I would recommend the OPPO with the add-in card to reduce jitter reviewed in TAS in January issue.Audiopraise Vanity 93 modulehttp://audiopraise.com/vanity93/overview.phpSteve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Uprgrading my Metrum Octave DAC "Which DACs do you know of that are capable of doing this? I guess you just need a DAC with the right output impedance, why do you need balanced cables though?"Any DAC with low output impedance can be used, lower than 50 ohms is good. If you drive... | |
| Uprgrading my Metrum Octave DAC "An preamp is a preamp whether it's in the DAC or external. If you plan to control the volume, you are going to need one. The Octave does not even have a buffer and takes the output directly from the DAC chips. I choose to let a SP17 do the rest, ... | |
| M2Tech EVO + Ex Clock + Power supply v Off-ramp 5 OR4 was in a shootout with EVO 2 years ago at RMAF.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Rip CD to Mac - basic question AIFF is unencoded, not lossless. it differs from .wav in that it has different header and instead of the words coming left-right word, they come right-left word.ALAC and FLAC are lossless encoded.They all suck for sound quality IME, even AIFF. I o... | |
| When does Cabling become important in Digital? Depends on what digital you are talking about.S/PDIF coax is very sensitive to cabling because the jitter of the signal is affected. Jitter causes frequency modulation distortion on the output of the D/A, so it must be minimized.USB is also sensiv... | |
| Uprgrading my Metrum Octave DAC The Octave DAC is hard to beat, but the source is actually more important. There are two things to consider:1) drive the Octave with a lower jitter source like Off-Ramp 5, Diverter HR or Synergistic2) sell it and use a Wired 4 Sound DAC2 driven wi... | |
| Looking for a DAC that has.. "So would a NAD M51 benefit as well?"Certainly. I have a few customers with these.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| What to do with my Ipod tunes? Here is a killer system for iPod:iPod -> Wadia dock -> cheap Toslink or coax cable -> Synchro-Mesh reclocker -> Good 1.5m long S/PDIF coax cable -> Metrum Octave DACPrices:Wadia - used on Audiogon - $250Synchro-Mesh - $599S/PDIF coa... |