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| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Astrostar59 - what you must understand is that the Transport primariily has a impact on the jitter. The jitter has a sonic signature that mostly impacts the high-frequencies and the dynamics of the HF. The DAC on the other hand can have an impact ... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? "The wisdom handed down to me from one of the most respected engineers and manufacturers of tube gear was expensive transport and modest dac make for a musical presentation and the other way an audiophile presentation."This is not wisdom IMO, it i... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Jitter is the difference in both Transports and digital cables. Jitter is also a problem with commercial CD disks. Rewriting a disk with a low-jitter writer can be equivalent to $1200 in mods to the transport or a $600 digital cable. See these art... | |
| best wireless distribution? Meitner DAC? You had better get whatever you decide on modded. None of them are great stock... The only one that will purportedly do 24/96 is the Transporter.Steve N.Empirical AudioManufacturer | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC "With word-clock, (and the addition of a master-clock and compatible DAC, digital amp, or digital speakers) the home audiophile can put the kabosh on the sonic artifacts of interconnect generated jitter once and for all (the way the studios have b... | |
| The basics of PC audio Cable-free from Belkin is still not available. Last I read it was November 2006.steve N. | |
| Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ? Undertow - I add it to the DAC-1 for $500 and to the DEQX for about $750. Depends on the DAC and which board I use. I can add it to almost ANY DAC easily and more cheaply with a wired version, but it will not address muting and Sample Rate decode.... | |
| Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ? Undertow - I can add high-performance USB to practically any DAC or even the DEQX, but the cost will depend on what is inside the DAC. The correct implementation is USB to I2S to D/A chip. Doing this has its pitfalls, namely muting and sample-rate... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Kana813 - you can spend your own money any way you want, it's your money. BTW, are there any reviews of the Maui mods?Steve N. | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC If you want to use your own stock DAC, then the best solutions IMO are S/PDIF interfaces with low jitter, such as the modded Squeezebox3 from Bolder or Red Wine with a good Digital cable (wireless and limited to 16/44.1) or Empirical Audio Off-Ram... | |
| Is USB overrated as decent digital source? MikeChai - the difference in cost of USB converters is mostly due to four factors:1) the inclusion of a low-jitter clock, such as Superclock4.2) external power supply3) custom software driver (not using the stock Windows driver)4) optimum design a... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Kana813 - when it comes to mods, I have very little competition. I have such a backlog (12 weeks) that I am turning most of them away now. I dont see any info on the website about the nature of the Transporter mods BTW..Steve N. | |
| Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ? You have to make a choice: Wireless using Wi-Fi or USB cable. USB cable can give you better performance, and 24/96 capability. The only Wi-Fi box that has 24/96 is the Transporter. A good upsampler like SRC on a PC can bring amazing results, more ... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Jamscience - yes I read all of this. Does not specify whether this is supported wirelessly. You can direct internet wire to the box also. | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Unclejeff - the term streaming also refers to what the computer does when it sends the data to the converter at the native rate.My customers tell me that 24/96 upsampling on MAC is not as good as native 16/44.1 As for PC, there are several upsampl... |