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| Why do intelligent people deny audio differences? I thought I would give a manuf perspective on this, since I have about 30 years experience and have been exhibiting at CES and RMAF for about 13 years. I am an engineer and designer, in addition to running a business.The things that I have noticed... | |
| Mac Mini Monitor/Keyboard/mouse You can use VPN to control the mini remotely, but you will need to have keyboard and mouse initially to setup the protocol.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| No such thing as a future proof DAC... "most newer DACs seem to miss the mark when it comes to naturalness of timbre, pace and rhythm, and smoother sound compared to the older ladder DAC chips and some NOS designs."Absolutely agree. Its due to the digital filtering. If one could use a ... | |
| No such thing as a future proof DAC... Here is maybe a non-typical scenerio: I have upgraded my USB converter for 3 generations and my DAC for 3 generations. Upgrades can use modules for clocks, computer interfaces and voltage regulators. The problem is that inevitably everyone wants s... | |
| What software for 24/192 playback on PC? Okay, my Mac Mini died, so I had to revert back to a PC laptop running Foobar2000 for a week. Not even in the same league as the Mac Mini running Amarra 2.3. The difference is huge.Get Mac and Amarra, period.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Generation 1 Apple TV as a music server Its the best WiFi offering from Apple, but the Logitech Touch beats it hands down for SQ.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| DAC upgrade since I'm networked, is it even worth it reripping what I already have?If you use a networked converter, such as Sonos, Logitech or PSAudio, then the data is the data. The core audio stack is not involved. Therefore, music format is less likely to... | |
| DAC upgrade Once you change to a USB DAC, you will need to convert your best files to .wav. Right now, you dont have an issue because you are networked, but the fact is that most FLAC decoders cannot keep up with the datastream real-time, so it compromises th... | |
| SB Touch through coax or USB to DAC? "DAC designers need to add HDMI (I2S) to their products"Done.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| FLAC On A Mac Puerto,If you want to play FLAC files using a USB or Firewire converter or DAC, or directly from the MAC, I would highly recommend using XLD to convert these files first to .wav. You will find that the sound quality of the .wav is superior, not be... | |
| Greeding to all DAC users You are better off to reclock the transport and use a cheaper DAC, like a NOS DAC. The master clock is more important than the DAC.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Does Hardware Matter? Unfortunately, it does, unless the computer is streaming to Sonos or Logitech Touch. Then only the device matters.Macbook pro is a good choice, however iTunes is not. Use Amarra or Pure Music. To minimize sound quality issues, use Async USB interf... | |
| Converting HiRes Files..Question The solution is the best sample-rate converter on the market, and for the money:Wave Editorhttp://www.audiofile-engineering.com/waveeditor/Uses the famous iZotope SR converter.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Importance of computer for DAC shootout Mach2 is a good choice, however comparing USB DACs is dominated by the quality of the USB interface and master clock.If you read the last 3 or4 DAC reviews by Steven Stone in TAS, you will see that once you provide the DAC with a really low jitter... | |
| Requesting help...fairly new to computer audio Here is some non-advertising guidance:http://www.empiricalaudio.com/computer-audio/Do not unerestimate the importance of the ripping software and drive, as well as the playback software.Steve N.Empirical Audio |