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| Can Redbook CD Be Saved "Hi RES files solve this dilema"Not in your dreams. There is just as many Hi-res tracks out there that are crap as CD tracks. This is no guarantee. I have everything from 44.1- 192kHz and the trtacks at hig-res that are really good are few and far... | |
| Can Redbook CD Be Saved Just rip it with DBpoweramp to a hard disk on a computer and play it back through a decent USB DAC. CD player is not even close. Use Mac with SSD and its even better.The CD player is dead, but the music is not. It just keeps getting better and bet... | |
| Asynch USB or super clock thru S/PDIF for $3.5k? "Duh. that's what he sells so would you expect a different stance?"If you read my posts, I recommend many other companies DACs, driven by my Off-Ramp 4 (to hit lower price points and deliver great quality). Dont you think I would make more money s... | |
| Oversampling rate in J River Of course what we are talking about here is jitter and all of the contributors to jitter. I have written several white-papers on this:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue43/jitter.htmhttp://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue22/nugent.htmhttp://www.... | |
| Asynch USB or super clock thru S/PDIF for $3.5k? Async USB requires USB 2.0 compliant ports on the computer.Most recent computers have this, although some netbooks and in particular Dell laptops can have high-latency I/O systems which can cause drop-outs with audio playback.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Oversampling rate in J River One thing to understand is that the USB interface, and in particular, the master clocks, is the MOST IMPORTANT thing in a USB digital computer audio system. More important than the DAC itself. More important than the sample-rate that you are playi... | |
| Oversampling rate in J River This is upsampling. Often the D/A chip behaves better with higher sample-rates, particularly when the digital filtering is not adjustable. Digital filtering is one of the things that causes digital audio to be fatigueing, along with jitter. Unfort... | |
| FLAC On A Mac Pure Music has the best integrated FLAC support. You can still control things from an iPad or Ipod Touch and use iTunes with Pure Music.XLD ripper can be downloaded here:http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.htmlSteve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Dumb Question about wi fi I know all of the SB devices, Sb2, SB3, Duet, Touch, Transporter. I only have one network and it's wired. When I need WiFi for audio I plug in an AirPort Express. Better security this way.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| What is the best compressed iTunes format? Why compress. Use AIFF. It takes twice the space as ALAC, but who cares? Disk is cheap.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Apple TV vs Squeezebox touch The Touch is the best sounding stock WiFi device on the current market. Beats the ATV. Lower jitter.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Dumb Question about wi fi The Mac will probably need a separate network. The network file systems are different etc.. The Mac can usually setup its own network without needing another router.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| cd player or computer with dac The digital source is THE MOST IMPORTANT element of the digital playback chain. This means the digital interface and the clocks. If you want stellar results in a digital system, put your money into a good interface and low-jitter clocks.If you rea... | |
| Am I in the minority? "Are these great sounding Computer/DAC systems connected via USB? Is that the only way? And, is it true that USB remains a compromised audio transfer of data to a DAC?"Yes, USB. There are no technical compromises with USB, just some existing desig... | |
| Am I in the minority? If the sound quality is better with the computer audio system, why would you not sell the CD transport and move on?If you are not getting a lot better SQ, then you may have made the wrong choices. This is just like selecting a cartridge for your t... |