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| Digital Audio for Dummies How can we both start with the same data on a Redbook CD and it ends up sounding better an a system like yours as opposed to a conventional CD player? I'm not challenging you here, it just doesn't make sense to me. Where is the "improvement" occu... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies I’ll tell you what I use:An Interchange UPnP/DLNA renderer driving my DAC using my Reference BNC S/PDIF cable.http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=156409.0 You can use this with any DAC that has coax input.I play music with Linn Kinsky contr... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies One immediate question is sound quality. It seems that a $29 optical drive isn't going to read CD's as accurately as what I have now. Not true. A CDROM drive in a Mac Mini reads perfectly every time. Using XLD, it is checked on the network again... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies I am so confused about what to choose for ripping and then how to merge streaming into my several stereo systems. And what if I want to do LPs too?If you don't have a server that automatically rips, then for PC, get dbpoweramp for ripping. If M... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies I want to stream those music files from my laptop to my DAC via my wifi. I bought a chromecast but cannot get the right apps to do this. Any help would be appreciatedHow does a Chromecast drive a DAC? HDMI?Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Converting FLAC Files I am not a fan of FLAC because the SQ is inferior to .wav. I don't care if you cannot hear the difference. I can hear the difference.Changing FLAC to wav with XLD is the best on Mac. Free download. Google it.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies Just buy a Sony HAP-Z1ES and you are done. Connect it to your integrated amp using XLR cables if possible. It takes care of everything. Sounds very good too. Not too expensive. I have heard it at shows in megabux systems.With Bluesound, I would g... | |
| Transport for Exogal Comet Plus DAC You can:1) treat your disks with $100/4 oz. treatment2) cut the outer edge at an angle3) put colored pen on the inner ring4) use destatic gun or demagnetizer on the disks5) treat with fluorescent light6) rewrite the disk to a CDROM7) coat the top ... | |
| Transport The Oppo has a superior laser because it is also blu-ray. Get an Oppo, even used and a Synchro-Mesh reclocker and you have a world-class transport:http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154408.0 Older transports often have only one laser. Yo... | |
| max length of toslink or coaxial digital cable without signal degradation? Just get one of these in the length you need. Better than glass.https://btpa.com/TOSLINK-XXX.html If you are really worried about degradation, put a reclocker like the Synchro-Mesh in-line. Then its a don't care. The reclocker will also provide... | |
| NOS DAC Warmth Each to his own. I prefer to have my cake and eat it too:https://www.audiostream.com/content/empirical-audio-overdrive-sx-ethernet-dacpre This sounds like the midrange of tubes, but it's SS. | |
| NOS DAC Warmth Adding distortion, such as poorly designed tube devices, can add warmth. This is a Band-Aid at best, masking distortion by adding more distortion of a different type. Kind of like using cables as tone controls.It is better to rid the system of dis... | |
| NOS DAC Warmth I think it is dependent on what generation of NOS you are talking about. The older chips do tend to lose some detail, no matter what the rest of the system is like. I used to sell a NOS DAC based on an older chip.Modern custom designs are much fas... | |
| MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax In a normal digital or analog signal, there is no reason to have analog ringing prior to the signal making a transition. Ringing always occurs after the signal transition and only if the signal is not critically damped by some means, such as imped... | |
| MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax Pre-ringing is certainly unnatural and contrived. Whether it is audible depends on the amplitude and the quality of the system IME. Post-ringing is natural and expected if a system is not critically damped. Certainly better to minimize it though.I... |