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| Sonos DAC The Digital Lens is a good solution, but it was made for CD's, not streaming audio, and as a result it expects the music to stop after 10-15 tracks. If you have a long playlist, it will overrun or underrun the FIFO and start popping. A better solu... | |
| Computer output to DAC, which route? Inwanw - why not use the USB outputs for audio? With a converter or USB DAC based on the TAS1020 the sound quality can be excellent.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Esoteric's G-03x Master Clock Generator Bugman03 - clock accuracy has little to do with jitter. Jitter specs are what is important here. | |
| USB DAC's -- the best Some clarification: It is not necessary to send in your laptop for the Spoiler DAC. The Pace-Car does reduce jitter a bit over the standard USB interface, but it is optional. If you want the lowest jitter, then go with the Pace-Car. If you use a W... | |
| AppleTV to external DAC? T_bone - you can put locate the Pace-Car as far down the stream as you want. Right before the D/A is best.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| AppleTV to external DAC? Toslink to S/PDIF coax (or AES) and I2S, and memory-based reclocking:http://www.empiricalaudio.com/frPace-Car.htmlSteve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Why negative reviews on USB with newer USB DACs? Ed - it is all relative. I have lots of customers with HagUSB and other converters. Once they get one based on the TAS1020 they never look back. Big difference. This is what the reviewers hear in the BelCanto and others that use the 270X chips. Th... | |
| Why negative reviews on USB with newer USB DACs? Most of the "other" USB implementations you mention use one of the family of TI PCM270X chips. These are plug-and-play but not very good jitter-wise compared to the TI TAS1020 or the TUSB3200. The 270X chips also dont support 24/96 operation. The ... | |
| how does the transporter rate Wireless200 - I can hear the jitter with both of these stock units in my system. If I reclock them or use my own USB converter, the jitter is lower - better clarity and imaging. Measurements mean nothing. Noone knows what level is actually audible... | |
| how does the transporter rate Pavpet - no jitter? Think again. Why do you believe there is no audible jitter? Advertising? Reviews?All clocks have jitter, some are just lower than others. You dont need a spinning CD to get jitter.Steve N. | |
| how does the transporter rate The quality of the transport feed is strictly a function of the jitter, whether it is CD's or internet streaming audio. If they are both 16/44.1 and low jitter, they should sound identical. With a reclocker to reduce jitter, there is no reason why... | |
| how does the transporter rate I dont care for the AKM DAC chip used in it. Very detailed and layered, but not musical IMO. I modded the AKM test board and ran it it off SLA batteries to evaluate it. Even then it didn't grab me. The digital output should be fine, although more ... | |
| Best Sonos ZP-80 Mod? Some feedbacks I have read:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1204503359&openflup&9&4#9http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=42526.30Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Best Sonos ZP-80 Mod? "Is a basic difference between the Empirical and Cullen mods is that in the Empirical mod the reclocker is an external unit (pace-car), where in the Cullen mod the reclocker is a board which replaces a board inside the ZP-80?"No, there is HUGE dif... | |
| Best Sonos ZP-80 Mod? http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1204503359&openflup&9&4#9http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=42526.30http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=47245.new#new |