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| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house My hypothesis is that AIFF is a different format than wav as is FLAC and ALAC. These require a different CODEC. The real-time behavior of these CODECs may be different than static behavior, as in doing bit compares. Also, there is a lot more than ... | |
| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house Agear - there are two things that can affect this:1)if they are using a network streamer, some of these sound identical or very close between FLAC and wav2) their systems may not be up to the level required to hear the differenceEveryones system i... | |
| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house I have also found that ALAC AIFF and FLAC all color the sound compared to .wav. I find AIFF actually worse than ALAC. I believe there is only one server out there that makes FLAC sound like .wav, the Antipodes.BTW, if you want to make your digital... | |
| Why use DAC w/ server equipped w/ one already? There are not only better DACs, there are better Master Clock sources. The MC is the most important part here, even more important than the DAC.The best solution is ALWAYS to get the Master Clock out of the server, whether it is a Mac Mini, PC or ... | |
| PC recomendation for cd ripping Rip CD's on PC using dbpoweramp with Accurate Rip enabled. Use a drive with C2 error correction.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Smartphone for the audiophile? If you are looking for fidelity, you cannot beat the Pure i20 digital docking station. You will need a phone with 30-pin connector or a new iphone to 30-pin adapter cable. i20 is $85 on Amazon.com.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Suggestions on using a Roku w/external DAC? The digital sources are actually more important than the DAC. The DAC can improve things, but will always be limited by the jitter of the digital sources. Sources such as a Samsung TV are particularly bad, as is the Roku digital output. All of the... | |
| Cable recommendations for Rega Dac and Sonos Theo - you are in luck. The best coax cable you can get is only $250 from Empirical Audio, called the BNC-BNC cable with RCA adapters. My customers have had shootouts with all kinds of cables. This one always wins. read the reviews on my forum:htt... | |
| What is the missing element? Granny - I actually already have customers using the OR5 with the Lampzator, as well as many other USB DACs, including EMM Labs and AR.Its a simple matter to order one and try it. If it doesn't make a huge difference then send it back for refund, ... | |
| What is the missing element? "So re-clocking the digital signal from the S/PDIF vs a USB converter, would there be an advantage to one over the other?"Yes. Both are establishing a new Master Clock, but the reclocker must resample the data. There are minor artifacts with doing... | |
| Music Server vs Computer? Here are some other things that make the Antipodes server superior and make it beat most DC transports:1) The USB output card has a high precision clock with extensive power supply regulation.2) It uses a minimal Linux build that they control to n... | |
| Music Server vs Computer? switch-mode power supply? no thank you. The Antipodes has a linear supply with special shielding. It also has USB out that can stream audio. This is a great choice.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| What is the missing element? Charles - you can get the Off-Ramp 5 as well (as the Dynamo power supply to power it) for 30 days, money-back, less shipping. It will crush any PCI card.Does the PCI card have money-back guarantee?Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| What is the missing element? "I have to admit the Juli@ intrigues me because it has a clock input. As my DAC has a clock output it might be possible for me to slave the card to my DAC."Another reason that this is not a good choice. In order to "slave" a clock like this, the c... | |
| What is the missing element? "I have to confess that Cerrot makes an interesting case, is this convenience/ universal use(USB) vs ultimate sound quality(SPDIF sound card)?"Absolutely not. Nothing to do with convenience. Has more to do with choosing among the various protocols... |