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| Which DAC w/ More Top to Bottom Extension? Just get Amarra 2.3.2. Your bass will immediately improve if you are using 64-bit Mac. Playlist mode and cache mode.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Now that my feet are wet.... It's like learning Golf, everyone has to go through all of the stages of improvement. You are now at stage 2. Better than stage 1, but you have at least 8 more to go. This particular DAC uses older USB technology. There are newer technolgies, name... | |
| Logitech Duet sonds awful The Logitech Touch is a lot better than the Duet or SB3 BTW.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Logitech Duet sonds awful Make sure that the volume is set to max on the Duet settings.The difference in SQ could also be attributed to the S/PDIF interface on your DAC. It's possible that the signal levels are not to spec. This is actually quite common. you could also hav... | |
| Building a Music Server that will play all formats Just buy a Mac Mini or macbook pro and put Amarra or Pure Music on it. XLD for ripping. Done. Then you just need a good USB DAC or a USB converter to go with your current DAC.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started DBpoweramp is a good ripper. Jriver is a good playback engine for PCSteve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started Goatwuss - the sound quality. give it a try. its free. | |
| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started Levy - I wish I knew. Even the designers of the playback software admit that they dont know what is going on in the PC and Mac audio stacks that affects sound quality. They can only speculate.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started Levy and Mitch - If you use the RIGHT software on the Mac, it will crush the best PC setup. iTunes alone will not cut-it. I have lots of customer feedback supporting this also.The software makes all the difference, as well as the Mac hardware setu... | |
| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started Mitch2 - everyone on the forums appears to be an expert, but believe me they are not.For ripping purposes, you dont need a Mac, but for playback Mac works best.If you only have a PC, just pay $35 and get dbpoweramp and start ripping with accurate-... | |
| O.K. I'm Old/no Techie....how do I If you want the very best result, then get a Mac Mini, even a used on on ebay. Put Pure Music on it and play back through a USB DAC. Like all DAC's USB DACs vary a lot in sound quality. The important thing with digital is to put your money where t... | |
| Best place to learn about computer audio? Here are some tried and true software tips (no advertising):http://www.empiricalaudio.com/computer-audio/I would avoid:1) using iTunes on any PC for playback2) ripping with iTunes3) dell laptops for audio streaming4) desktops with PCI cardsI recom... | |
| Issues with EAC Try dbpoweramp with Accurate Rip enabled. It's better IMO.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Kondo DAC : Why no reviews ?? I spoke with Audio Note UK owner at a show. He said he doesn't care about reviews. Sometimes reviewers do a poor job anyway, so they can hurt a decent product. As a manufacturer you have to be really careful who reviews your products. Their system... | |
| What do I need? Forget the toslink output from the Mac. High jitter, low sound quality.Get a good self-powered USB to S/PDIF coax converter that works asynchronously up to 24/192. Make sure it has a good clock. This is actually more important than the DAC itself.... |