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| Dac for Sonos A USB to S/PDIF converter is the way to get the best quality currently, even driving a USB DAC via S/PDIF input.Good DACs under $1K are rare. You almost have to choose Chinese DACs. The Concero from Canada is one possibility. AudioGD is another.Re... | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? Linc - 30-day money-back less shipping. Read the customer feedback reviews on Audiocircle:http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?board=40.0Thanks,Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? Linc - the most important thing in any digital playback system is the master clock, not the DAC. This resides in the CD Transport, USB converter, WiFi converter or reclocker. Spending a reasonable amount of money on this is critical.You can still ... | |
| Amarra EQ users please help me....... Granny - its like getting $100K speakers, probably better. If you don't change the EQ settings, they should be saved if you use "default". Each time you start Amarra, you will have to select Default and EQ however. Its a minor irritation.Its a goo... | |
| Amarra EQ users please help me....... If you go to the preferences you can select a 4-parametric option with lots of different filters available.If you need more than 4 corrections, you have a lot more problems with your system and room. You should first always apply a minimum number ... | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? "A packeted signal via USB (which mother boards do a horrible job of implementing, by the way)which needs to go trough a usb to spdif converter (okay, reclocked!) that THEN goes into a DAC is simply better than a good sound card right into a dac?"... | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? Cerrot - you still don't get it. The data is reclocked, so it does not matter.I don't know what show you heard my gear in but it must have been 5 years ago or more and not representative of my current products. The last 3 or 4 shows I have gotten ... | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? ""The SOF packet consisting of an 11-bit frame number is sent by the host every 1ms ± 500ns on a full speed bus or every 125 µs ± 0.0625 µs on a high speed bus". If the timing of this shifts or is variable, this could elicit a different & vari... | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? Cerrot - you still didn't answer my question. If you tried one of mine, which one? And what player software and platform did you use? All of this matters.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? Linc - There are a lot of USB converters in the $200-300 range that are all mediocre. The best of these is probably the iFi or the dragonfly.If you want sound quality that challenges the best CD players and even vinyl, you need to spend a lot more... | |
| 24/192 Music Downloads and why they make no sense It's not some analysis or measurements that make 192 sound better. It is simply the guts of the D/A chips in most DACs that makes them sound better, particularly the digital filters.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| noob DAC question Sart - once you play a track on a decent computer-based system, you will never spin a CD again. Sounds better and much more convenient. It's a no-brainer IMO. I gave away all of my disk spinners.What most people don't understand is that computer a... | |
| Ways to improve DAC performance??? Cerrot - Okay, tell us which USB converters you have auditioned in your system.Ive heard your soundcard.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| noob DAC question I use a Sonos myself for general background listening, but I reclock it with a Synchro-Mesh. It is very easy to use and the software works well, as long as you keep it up to date. The main limitation is that it only plays 44.1 files. It is one of ... | |
| Transport to Audio Research Dac8 A wired "transport" for computer source is a USB converter. USB input and coax digital output. This is where the audio quality comes from because it contains the master clock.If you want to stay with the Transporter but just make it better, then a... |