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| audiophile music servers the latest products, info Auraliti and Sonore both allow for streaming audio out USB port, so these enable a lot more options for USB converters and DACs. I believe they both support HiFace and others now on USB.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Amarra a worthy investment? Mikey - I use full Amarra EQ on all systems, even at shows, even on TAD reference speakers. Makes a big difference with ALL speakers. This is actually more important that EQ of the room resonances. Its like replacing your speakers with $50K speake... | |
| AR's new DAC digital media bridge This might solve the problem, and improve SQ as well:http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=108715.0This is how I drive DAC to amps direct and still have analog input for preamp from HT or vinyl.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Naim UnitiServe - is it as good as a good CDP?? Most of these dedicated servers use off-the-shelf computer motherboards in them. They may have better power supplies though. The clocks in them are usually a dissappointment.I use a Mac Mini 2009 with SSD and Amarra 4318/19. A Polestar USB cable t... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original There are a lot of other tweaks that work as well, such as:vibration damping mats or stick-on matsexposure to flourescent light at close range just before playing the diskSome colored pens on the edges helpThis is just getting silly though. Get a ... | |
| Are you still playing CDs after, comp based syst? "Not sure I want to convert out of Qsonix into the world of MAC, transport, ipad, and other stuff...but I'm glad I'm not alone in preferring the sonic quality of a good disc spinner vs computer audio...usb vs firewire, expensive dacs and usb cable... | |
| Hi-end sound from iTunes running on MacPro "what can be done with my current library of iTunes music? and... is there a similar music database like iTunes store where I can find an extensive library of WAV or FLAC?"If you use Mac, then download your file in any lossless format and then you... | |
| Naim UnitiServe - is it as good as a good CDP?? "I wonder if this all in one solution is better than the almost as cute MacMini using a USB to SPDiff convertor?"I have had both because a customer asked me to add a reclocker to it. Even with the reclocker, not even remotely close..... I have con... | |
| help me make sonos better Probably. Even the Oppo has a mod board available that you can add to reduce jitter from the S/PDIF output. See Dec TAS for review.Also, this is a cheaper option:http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/empirical4/1.htmlSteve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Hi-end sound from iTunes running on MacPro First, upgrade your iTunes playback performance by purchasing Pure Music. This runs in conjunction with iTunes and makes it sound better.Then, make sure you rip with the best software, not itunes. Rip using free XLD:http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/inde... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original I used to rewrite CDs for customers and they paid me for this. If one uses a good writer like a Yamaha or Plextor, good media such as Mitsui gold audio master and treats the CDROM disk with a good treatment before writing, the pits will be more un... | |
| Older is better - D/A chip? Elberoth - the Metrum Octave is a great piece. Many of my customers have one, but they also tell me that many of them cannot playback 176.4 or 192. Does yours?Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Older is better - D/A chip? Ghost - Thanks for the history, but I'm aware of it.Many D/A chips do not give you the choice of avoiding the digital filtering, so the D/A chip does force this much of the time, and they auto-select the filter for each sample-rate. This simply so... | |
| Older is better - D/A chip? The older DAC chips, particularly ladder DACs and NOS DACs do sound better, provided they are driven by a low-jitter source. The reason for this is simple: no digital filtering.The disadvantage is they dont support higher sample rates like 192 and... | |
| Computer output to DAC, which route? Richard - the Firewire that is available is outperformed by the best USB interfaces available. I'm not saying that it is not possible to build a Firewire just as good. It just does not exist.I base my claim entirely on feedbacks from my customers,... |