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| The Emperor DAC has no Clothes "So Audioengr, other than the renowned MAC Mini, what are some examples of reasonably price yet quality digital sources with low jitter? Any laptops besides the Macbook Pro?"With the advent of Async USB interfaces, this has nothing to do with the ... | |
| Mach2Music mini and Amarra : Huge disappointment I'll email you.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| The Emperor DAC has no Clothes The only way to compare DACs accurately is using a really low jitter digital source IME. Otherwise, what you are hearing is the DACs ability to reduce jitter a little, not what the DAC can actually deliver.Case in point:A good friend of mine uses ... | |
| Mach2Music mini and Amarra : Huge disappointment The bridge is very good, but have you read this:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1320430393&openflup&74&4#74Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Amarra 2.3.2 vs Puremusic 1.82 playback software When comparing Amarra And PM and others, it is critical to specify what version, for instance Amarra 2.3.2 (4317). This is my gold standard. All other versions of Amarra are not as good IMO. Likewise, PM sound quality has changed over time.If your... | |
| DAC's in General Certainly. There are a lot of DACs with multiple digital inputs. The thing to watch is what the quality of each input is. A given DAC may have an acceptable S/PDIF coax input, but a poor Toslink or poor USB input for the computer. The thing that m... | |
| is there a best music player on the computer? Jplay is evidently the best currently available, but I dont believe it works on XP. I would recommend JRiver with Kernel Streaming enabled.you can try something free first if you want, Foobar2000 with the KS plug-in:http://www.foobar2000.org/http:... | |
| Mach2Music mini and Amarra : Huge disappointment Mach2music is not at fault here. Not fair to blame them. The latest Amarra is unfortunately not great sounding, just like Mach2 claims. You should backtrack and install the previous version, 2.2.3. Ask Mach2 how to uninstall properly and install t... | |
| XLD is a must for accurate Mac rips XLD is the only ripper I recommend for MAC. Uses Accurate-Rip by default. iTunes does not use this. XLD a good job of converting FLAC files to really good sounding .wav or AIFF files too.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| whats is the best usb to xlr converter The best converter will have the most sonically pleasing overall jitter, which means expensive master clocks and power regulation. It's impossible to achieve zero jitter BTW, even though some marketing will claim this. Making a decision based on j... | |
| The best digital IC, period. Musicxyz - Did you happen to test the Ridge Street Audio Poiema in 1.5m length?What lengths did your test include?What digital source did you use in the tests?Both of these will have a major impact on the results. | |
| Music Servers-Why so few? I recommend to avoid the all-in-one servers unless you just cannot navigate a computer. They force you into using a certain playback software, ripping software, formats, resamplers, DSP etc.. These are usually not the latest and best performing av... | |
| The best digital IC, period. RPG - see their website:http://home.comcast.net/~ridgestreetaudio/Pricing.htmlPoiema 1.5m is $685.00Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| What is the best transport? "But with ULTRA LOW demand for audiophile grade audio, it doesn't attract the $$, best and brightest so advances will be SLOW compare to video."I would not be so sure about this. I have seen the RMAF show grow a lot in the last few years even with... | |
| The best digital IC, period. The Ridge Street Poiema or the other better cables from RSA will beat this hands-down. You get what you pay for if you select the right manufacturer. I dont sell them nor am I affiliated.Steve N.Empirical Audio |