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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - one thing you should know is that even broken-in components usually need a couple of days break-in after shipping them. I call this the trade-show effect. As hard as we try to break everything in, it still needs a bit on the first day of a ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Actually I was able to save you some money and do 3-day. I thought I had missed the UPS driver, but he appeared really late. It should be there on Friday.Steve N. | |
| Best DAC to also use as a preamp I happen to have a demo Overdrive SE I'm willing to sell.I used remote control at Newport froman iPad. All player software has digital volume and you only need about 9dB with an Overdrive to adjust for all tracks.Steve N. | |
| New to digital high-end, need help Amansker - the Final Drive transformer buffer/selector allows for introducing other analog inputs betwee DAC and amps. Improves SQ dramatically as well as other benefits like galvanic isolation. Breaks ground-loops.See:http://www.empiricalaudio.co... | |
| New to digital high-end, need help Nightfall - yes 2009 Oct Mac Mini. Hynesdesign.com SR5-18.5 supply. I control mine from iPad at times.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Best DAC to also use as a preamp http://www.audiostream.com/content/empirical-audio-overdrive-se-usb-dacpresteve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's Dvavc came to my room at Newport and proposed an experiment, which we tried to demonstrate.His assertion is that ripping CDs is a flawed process because he hears a difference when playing back the same track on a PC or Mac using first the CDROM as... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - I will send you a set of Final Drives and a Short-Block to use with the Overdrive. You can try with and without, bit I think you will find these to be essential.Thanks,Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Shaw - I have not heard the new Directstream, but I have heard the Vivaldi in two different rooms at RMAF. The Overdrive beats it IMO. The Analog DAC was compared in the latest Overdrive review. The Overdrive beat it according to the reviewer. I h... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Mattnshilp - I would be game in sending you an Off-Ramp5 and Dynamo power supply to use with the Lampi to compare with the Overdrive DAC alone. Its about $2.5K worth of stuff, so I would need another refundable deposit, but at least the Lampi woul... | |
| Best music server for the money If you are coming to Newport Beach show this weekend, you can hear the latest Antipodes server in Hilton 1001. You will not be disappointed.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's Dvavc - If you are coming to Newport show, bring a thumb flash drive with your ripped files on it. Make one FLAC and the same track wav. See you in Hilton 1001.Thanks,Steve N. | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's "The point here is that you loosing the quality of the sound (SQ) right there when you ripping/converting PCM files from CD in to WAV on your comp. And said loss of SQ can't be compensated by jitter free playback."That is simply not true. The data... | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's Dvavc - I'm in central Oregon, but I will be in CA at the Newport Beach show next weekend, Fri, Sat and Sun. My exhibit is in the Hilton room 1001."Just prove to me (by audition) that your own CD ROM with source CD won't beat files ripped from it.... | |
| Using iPod Classic as music server The iPod dock will definitely be better. You can also reclock it with Synchro-Mesh to make it even better:http://www.empiricalaudio.com/products/synchro-meshhttp://www.empiricalaudio.com/news-and-reviews/synchro-meshhttp://www.audiocircle.com/inde... |