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| USB printer cable VS USB audiophile grade cable? Better USB cables seem to have several attributes:1 better shielding2 heavier ground and power wires3 better dielectrics4 smaller signal wires5 good impedance matchUSB uses a differential signalling technique.. This inherently implies some common-... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - I have several orders for ODSX, so I'm building those. I decided on the Duelund caps after testing the Jupiters and they melted... Bass got crazy after they melted... I am shipping it with my original USB module right now.The new USB int... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD BTW, I have a Plasmatron as well and use it every day for my DAC and other digital front end gear. Highly recommended.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I have been listening to speakers and amps for probably 10 years or more at shows where I exhibited. The recent standouts for me are:1) Wells Audio2) Morrow Audio (digital amp)3) Dan DagastinoThese all sound very natural and approach the best in ... | |
| Best Minimalist DAC? Nothing even remotely comes close to the simplicity and performance of the Overdrive SE or SX.The Overdrive SE has a single output stage that does all tasks, including gain, I/V conversion, analog filtering and drive. No other DAC can claim this, ... | |
| Is revealing always good? A revealing, resolving system is superior, however all it takes is one sibilant component or cable to skew the balance and make it harsh sounding. It is possible to have your cake and eat it too, but not inexpensively.One can certainly add tubes o... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Granny - .01uFd Duelunds are even too small for bypass. You need at least .2uFd.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The Jupiters and the Duelunds are both copper that I am using. They both have OEM pricing, but the silvers are still really expensive, like $1K each.If you wanted to get Silver Duelunds in your DAC, it needs 4 at 1.5uFd, lowest voltage available.S... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "XMOS USB (which I find better than M2Tech) compared to your external ethernet to I2S converter compared to internal ethernet to I2S direct."It will be about 3 months before I can do this comparison. I will be out of town starting March 20 for 4-5... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The ODSX diamond is in production. I am building 2 orders now. Some will be built with the Ethernet interface. I am ironing out the last issue with the XMOS interface. I have one built for a customer and testing with the older USB interface right ... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Fsmith - I doubt if you will find any server or PCI card that will beat a well-designed USB interface.You are better off to get an Antipodes server and use USB from it. This actually beats most PC and Mac.If you want to lower the jitter of the USB... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - that is probably true, but there are fewer cars per capita and they don't sit in them idling.Steve N. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD You can get an idea of the impact of just jet aircraft on the atmosphere by studying 9-11. All air traffic was grounded for a few days in the US. In just this few days, the atmosphere changed dramatically and it was measurable.Unfortunately, the m... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The crazy thing is that the cell-phone is probably responsible for at least 90% of the idling cars in the US today. It never used to be this way. People are just on auto-pilot. They get in their cars, start them up and then proceed to sit there fo... | |
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