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| New to HiFi, need digital advice. Old iMac using iTunes to manage flac or alac files plugged into Schiit Modi 2 via USB cable and then into preamp via USB cable.I believe you meant to say into preamp via RCA cables.I would never use iTunes for playback. Use Foobar2K, Jplay, Jrive... | |
| DAC Selection I would not assume that every $6K DAC has $500 of parts in it.The output coupling caps in my DAC alone cost more than $1K. The 22 custom linear regulators are $4400.The other thing about designing your own DAC is that it takes a LOT of experience... | |
| question about digital audio & sound quality with examples? I accidently switched the oscillator coax cables on one of my converters once so that the 49MHz clock was switched with the 45MHz clock. When I played 44.1 tracks, they were using the 48 oscillator, so they were sped-up a bit.My first impression ... | |
| The big DAC decision Some of the best DAC's to consider in this price-range are:1) DaVinci 22) Aqua HIFI LaScala MkII3) Resonnessence Invicta Mirius Pro4) TotalDAC | |
| Dual to Single wire AES AES is differential, 2-signals and ground. S/PDIF coax is single-ended, 1 signal and 1 ground return.If you want to change AES to S/PDIF, you can do this easily with a voltage divider on the + signal (pin2) to ground. The values of the 2 resist... | |
| OPPO or Something Else? This is where I don’t understand Steve’s comment; is he saying to use the Oppo’s analog output (ie, the output from the Oppo’s DAC), but improve its timing by adding a Synchro-Mesh reclocker?The term "transport" means that it is being used as a di... | |
| OPPO or Something Else? Any old Oppo will do if it has a digital output (coax). Just add a Sychro-Mesh reclocker and you have a world-class digital source with 8psec of jitter. No Transport delivers this, at any price:https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154408.... | |
| Can an HDMI output be converted into something a USB input would accept? Okay, this is not HDMI, it is only an HDMI connector. That changes everything. It is actually LVDS differential I2S on HDMI connector.The only way you will use this is to get a Wyred4sound DAC or a PSAudio DAC that has differential HDMI input. ... | |
| Transport Accustic Arts I have customers with Lampizator using the Synchro-Mesh with all types of transports. Lowers the jitter to 8 psec. No transport delivers jitter this low, no matter what you spend.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Can an HDMI output be converted into something a USB input would accept? I believe you can buy an HDMI to coax/Toslink converter. Probably not USB. I would Google "HDMI to coax converter" or "HDMI to digital converter". If nothing, try searching on sweetwater.com.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Roon Nucleus Since this server only has USB output, the question is how well is that implemented. Is there isolation? Separate regulation? LPS rather than SMPS? And if it's only Roon player and not HQplayer too, what is the SQ like?Seems like a step-up fro... | |
| Roon Nucleus @clio09 - I only used the RPi and Digione wired Ethernet. I did have problems with reliable 192 and 176.4 playback. Even after modding the boards, still has problems. My DAC is picky about errors. Maybe yours isn’t. I have read about flakey WIFI b... | |
| Roon Nucleus I did a direct comparison of Roon to Linn Kinsky using a Raspberry Pi and Digione board. The board can do both Roon RAAT and DLNA. Linn Kinsky was superior IME.I think the main reason to use Roon is the tight integration with Tidal. You can stil... | |
| Linear Power Supply for a DAC What power supply specification or other property could one use to tell if one supply is faster than another. I am also looking for a very good linear power supply for my Acoustic Plan Digimaster DAC which uses 4 - EC86 tubes and has a 15V ? 2A DC... | |
| Empirical Audio Synchro mesh reclocker, anybody? See these for customer feedbacks:https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=106328.0 https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154039.0 https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=157348.0 http://www.empiricalaudio.com/news-and-reviews/synchro-... |