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| Which CDR is the best for audio? Why would you want to play disks with the CDROM? Just rip them to hard disk and play from memory. It's a computer, so you can use it this way. It is superior to CDROM playback. | |
| Theshold T800D throws circuit breaker. Amps are often tested using inductive circuits, which limit the inrush current. The inrush current can actually be larger when they are plugged into a low-inductance high-voltage dedicated circuits. B&K's have been known to do this. They blow ... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 auditions out there? latest model Are you saying the designers of high-end DACs don't know what they're doing? No, some of them are very competent circuit designers. What you must understand is that there are some very difficult areas of design, such as power delivery, grounding a... | |
| "The Law of Diminishing Returns"??? There is some truth to what you claim. Certianly, the cosmetics seems to be a big factor when the price is above $2K or $3K when it comes to amps. This is why I concentrate on Parasound, Plinius etc.., because they are a good value at their price-... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 auditions out there? latest model I'm certainly not saying this. I'm just saying that John has never heard my reference DAC's. I spoke to him about this once. I've heard many of the "esteemed equipment" that you mention. Very nice, but all of them could benefit from mods IMO (and ... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 auditions out there? latest model If you have never heard a world-class DAC, then you will likely be enamored with the Benchmark. It's all a matter of point of reference. I have spent years perfecting DAC designs and so my standards are very high. The Benchmark does have excellent... | |
| Airport Express / I Tunes PC Setup questions "is a DAC required at one end or the other?"Yes, the AE feeds a DAC or SS processor. 80211.g is what the AE uses.Multiple sets of speakers from one amp is not advised. Most amps are only capable of driving one or two sets of speakers without sever... | |
| Best Audio Format for Apple I-Pod AAC reduces the .wav file by 1/10. Apple lossless reduces it by 1/2. | |
| Airport Express / I Tunes PC Setup questions iTunes is very easy to use and setup. The Airport Express can be a tad more difficult on a PC, but here is what I do:Initial setup - use the Utility Wizard and setup the first AE as a Base Station when connected to either a ethernet network or a c... | |
| Apple Airport Express Very Cool Product Actually, converting the toslink to coax eliminates a few components at both ends, reducing the jitter.... | |
| Apple Airport Express Very Cool Product Here are the guts of the AirPort Express. I have started modding it:http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=14992 | |
| Benchmark DAC1 auditions out there? latest model I found it to be about the best stock DAC I have ever heard in terms of the high-frequency extension and dynamics. They definitely got this part right. However, I found an imbalance of these HF dynamics with the mid and bass dynamics. The bass ext... | |
| Better Transport then a NAD 541i Used Sony DVP-S7700 or Pioneer DV-47A or Ai make great transports. The 7700 is the only one that has two lasers, one for DVD and one for CD.Steve N.ManufacturerEmpirical Audio | |
| USB Soundcards - faint popping/clicks This is a buffering/cacheing problem. You should try different buffer size settings and latency settings if you have those available. If you are using iTunes player these usually go away. They can occur with Foobar2000. | |
| Slew Rate? Slew rate and frequency response are both important because one addresses transient response and the other addresses steady-state response. No slew-rate spec is going to tell you what the amp will sound like. There are several reasons:1) Transient... |