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| Help....I have a blank slate and am flying blind If you want iTunes, the just buy several AirPort Expresses from apple.com, put them in each room and get a good glass-fiber Toslink cable for each. Then run this Toslink to some inexpensive digital receivers, like the Panasonic SA-XR57. For your "... | |
| Ipod to Digital Out Ecruz - this cannot be used for playing audio output, just transferring files.Steve N. | |
| Airport Express vs. Squeezebox 3 I have tried "good cables" and even modded the heck out of the AE. It is called an Off-Ramp Wi-Fi. It is a LOT better than the stock AE, but still not as good as a stock SB3. I have all of these, the SB3, AE, Sonos and Olive.Steve N.Empirical Audi... | |
| music server The Sonos is a great recommendation, however it has lot of jitter on the output compared to the Squeezebox3. I use it with my Pace-Car reclocker, which takes jitter to inaudible levels. If you want something inexpensive with very good results stoc... | |
| Ipod to Digital Out I have plans to bring out the I2S interface on the iPod and interface it directly with my own DAC design. It will be like a portable docking station that you can hold in your hand like the iPod, but a bit larger. Rechargeable battery powered with ... | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express Streetdaddy - the DAC-1 Turbomod is $1200, the I2S interface is $500.I would also recommend the op-amp upgrade for $300Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express Hals_den - This is the first time I've heard the "sound burst" complaint from an AE. Since it only happens between tracks, this is at least a clue. I need to know if it ever happens when playing long playlists or only when manually selecting a new... | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express Streetdaddy - I2S is the native interface for most D/A chips. Whenh you send a S/PDIF signal to a DAC, it must be converted first to I2S before going to the D/A chip. The fact that this conversion is not necessary reduces jitter.Steve N.Empirical ... | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express Streetdaddy - the Toslink input is available, I have not updated the website yet. I'm currently evacuated to a friends house by a 10K acre forest fire in Oregon. The Pace-Car also now has S/PDIF output as well for standard DAC's.Steve N.Empirical ... | |
| recommendations for newbie I agree that the Benchmark Headphone amp can be excellent, although I still prefer listening to headphones through a tube headamp, modded of course.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? AudioengrHave you actually tried to listen to both outputs before concluding that they are the same?Of course. I mod a LOT of these, so I listen to them continually.The folks that are reporting better results probably have the older DAC-1 that has... | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express I recommend the turbomodded DAC-1 or the modded Northstar 192. Completely different animals with mods. Both are in the $2750-$3K range though.Steve N. | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express There are two ways to go:1) Off-Ramp Wi-Fi - modded AE - $1200 with Superclock4 and S/PDIF coax output2) Stock AE with Pace-Car reclocker - $1350 with both I2S and S/PDIF coax output#2 is better.Decent DAC's in the $1000 range - IMO, there arent a... | |
| "Mini" to Optical for Airport Express Streetdaddy - the AE with Toslink is not even close, sorry. The problem is high jitter. However, there are ways to make it even better than most USB solutions. For instance, if you put a Pace-Car reclocker between the AE and the DAC, the jitter is... | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? Adasilva - on the recent DAC-1's, using the balanced outputs as single-ended is the same as using the RCA outs. |