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| Mac mini audio through optical or USB or?? It should be as simple as selecting the "speaker" at the bottom of the iTunes window, assuming that you have the driver installed properly. If it requires only a Windows driver, then all you must do is plug in the USB cable and it will install the... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC If this is true, sounds like a good one to mod.Steve N. | |
| Hard drive storage still need good cd player? Samuellaudio - please dont lump my converters with the likes of Sonos and "similar" boxes. There are no similar boxes IMO. If you look at what it costs to mod a transport, buy a good digital cable and the time and money it takes to re-write all of... | |
| Hard drive storage still need good cd player? benmalan@comcast.net - Most computer converters on the market are not as good as Transports, but the technology potential is there to outperform ALL transports. My fully modded ($1280 in mods)transport is setting gathering dust because my computer... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC Kana813 - Are you certain that the transporter does 24/96 wirelessly? I could not find this in the specs.Steve N. | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC I'll give it a shot too:1) rip my CDs to WAV files on the hard drive(s) of my choiceI have found that the fast DVD-R/W drives in Toshiba laptops work great with Exact Audio Copy. They do error-free rips at 5-8X speed. This is extremely important. ... | |
| Mac mini audio through optical or USB or?? If you want to run 24/96, USB is your only option. None of the wireless options will do it. An I2S interface can raise the quality significantly, whether its from the SB or from a USB converter. Getting rid of the Toslink and even the S/PDIF makes... | |
| Hard drive storage still need good cd player? The data on the CD and the data on the HD should be identical if you get a good rip. The difference will be the jitter levels on playback. A Computer with the right converter with low-jitter clock will have much lower jitter than the CD player or ... | |
| Lossless HD soln vs. nice CD player The potential for Computer playback is much higher than for CD playback. It is just technically superior. You can even outperform most CD systems using computer audio. This white-paper explains why:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue22/nugent.h... | |
| effect of tubes in cd players I have not modded anything recently, including your preamp. In fact, I'm going more the route that you are taking, designing my own gear and doing less mods. Perhaps someday you will mod one of mine.Are you saying that it is not possible to improv... | |
| effect of tubes in cd players Improvements are in HF extension and dynamics mostly. The customers were happy if that is any indication. | |
| effect of tubes in cd players breginato@sanbrunocable.com - I've modded Modwright tube stages for customers in the past. They can be improved as well. Like audiofeil says "its the design". | |
| effect of tubes in cd players Never heard the Wytechs. I have heard the $250K Wavacs. Now these can do bass for real, and tight."When you mention you modding the Shanling and the SS turns out sounding better, is this with modding the tube stage as well?"Yes."Have you thought a... | |
| effect of tubes in cd players Anything that colors the sound or rolls it off is what I'm trying to eliminate, of course without adding sibilance or harshness.Steve N.Empirical AudioManufacturer | |
| effect of tubes in cd players I personally can't stand "warmth". I want it live and fast, and tubes can deliver this in spades if the circuits around them are designed right. There is no reason why tube designs cannot be fast, extended and with tight bass.Steve N.Empirical Aud... |