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| Memory Player vs Dedicated PC-TopUSB Conv and DAC "it would be great if Steve from Empirical Audio would participate in the shootout. Steve?..."I will not be attending RMAF this year, or I would definitely do this. With two shows a year and a 33 customer backlog, I cannot afford a week of travel ... | |
| Is there such a DAC? The only DAC's I'm aware of that meet most of these criteria is the Northstar 192 DAC and the Northstar Extremo. They both have discrete output stages. Very smooth on vocals and great layering once they are modded by EA. The 192 needs a few mods a... | |
| Wireless USB I enabled Icron to do the testing and development of the new firware for audio streaming. I have the first prototype and have tested the Wi-Ranger and it does work with streaming audio and at 24/96. However, there are two issues:1) it adds signifi... | |
| iPod to a Benchmark Media DAC-1 D/A Dbk wrote:"Why is direct I2S connection better than s/pdif?"Because the S/PDIF encoding and decoding adds more jitter. Using I2S, you can avoid encoding the clock and data into a single signal. The optimum solution is to locate the master clock at... | |
| VISTA users. M-Audio Transit drivers do not support Vista yet. Keep an eye on the m-audio website for the new drivers. | |
| iPod to a Benchmark Media DAC-1 D/A MSB has a docking station for iPod that outputs S/PDIF. Not as good as I2S IMO, but digital anyway. I believe it's around $2K. | |
| Is iPod Digital Output Possible? Bwhite - The digital iPod docking station is called the iRod, for Hot-rodded iPod. It will essentially replace all of the analog circuits in the iPod with external circuits of my own design. I will bring-out the I2S interface on the docking connec... | |
| Is iPod Digital Output Possible? The Escient does not talk about modifying the iPod. This is required to bring-out a digital signal.The only ones doing this to my knowledge are myself and MSB.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| would usb sound better than a sound card The simplest USB DAC, and a great value is the Benchmark DAC-1 USB. If you want to use your own DAC, then the Off-Ramp Turbo 2 does the same thing.Steve N.Empirical AudioManufacturer | |
| Help with PC Audio Quality vs. CD This is like asking CD quality versus Vinyl quality. The result depends entirely on the devices used. It can go either way. In this case, the SB3, which is very good and easy to use probably has higher jitter than the Proceed transport, or at leas... | |
| Best jitter free USB DAC "Steve, are you suggesting then that the Transporter which uses a wireless network has the lowest jitter??"No, I'm suggesting that the potential for lower jitter exists with these types of devices. It's all in the parts selection and the design im... | |
| Best jitter free USB DAC "So steve, which is the best sounding DAC of those listed...e.g.Stello DA100 USB-D/A ConverterBenchmark DAC 1/USBTransporterWavelength Brick/USBLavry DAC"The Benchmark DAC-1 USB is the best sounding stock DAC in the list IMO due to the excellent f... | |
| Best jitter free USB DAC "Steve, how does the I2S fit into the above considerations?"I2S is a means to keep the jitter low once you have a low-jitter signal. Creating S/PDIF again just adds jitter back in. Therefore, if you can stay I2S, the total jitter result will be lo... | |
| Best jitter free USB DAC Here is the link to the TI design saga:http://www.planetanalog.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12801995Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Best jitter free USB DAC John - USB DAC's and USB to S/PDIF interfaces CAN have extremely low jitter, even lower than the best Transports, but implemetation and parts choices are critical. Jitter immunity claims must be taken with grain of salt IMO.There are several ingre... |