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| Specific question for BADA USB converter users. All digital cables that are used in jitter sensitive applications should be around 1.25-1.5m in length. Read this:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htmDigital is not like analog. Shorter is not always better, unless it is really short... | |
| Do I need to re-rip? Zd is right. If you ripped everything with iTunes, then you should re-rip everything regardless of the format it was ripped to. If you are on Mac, use XLD. If PC, then use dbpoweramp.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... "Audioengr: the same answer is to you. if DAC is "garbage" (and if it has poor clocks then it is GARBAGE without going any father, don't care about it magic tube output stage or whatever) then no music server, USB Interface etc. help it."Actually ... | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? If you want to do a lot of work and study to get a high-quality PC or Mac system together, this is worthwhile and will get you great SQ and hi-res.However, if you just want your Sonos to sound great and don't want to invest a lot of time, do this:... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? This is not about read errors people. It's about jitter.The pits with more accurately created with a good writer and a clean treated high-quality disk.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Need to improve sound on desktop The jitter of the digital source is critical, more important than any other thing in a digital system. What you are experiencing is jitter. This can be reduced with a reclocker such as the Synchro-Mesh, but the cost is $600.You are probably also u... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Forget about trying to make commercial CDs sound good.Get yourself a Plextor USB CDROM writer and a bunch of Mitsui Gold Audio Master disks and write your own.Use dbpoweramp with Accurate Rip enabled to rip files in .wav format to your PC hard dis... | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... Anything other than a really good networked player or good USB interface will be a compromise in SQ. Other interfaces can be reclocked however, to reduce jitter. The artifacts of upsampling are audible, but not bad given the latest technology in u... | |
| spdif/USB converter vs DAC upgrade "Why not just get a I2S output card for a PC and then use a DAC with I2S input."Because the jitter from ALL PCI cards is terrible. It's the master clock that you must optimize. This is analogous to the Cartridge in a vinyl system. This is the key ... | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... Spectron wrote: "It could be much cheaper if USB output from a music server will be well designed and well executed, if music server designer would asume that USB DAC input is mediocre and do THE RIGHT JOB on the side of music servers."I'm afraid ... | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... "good question, why must be USB ?"If you want to not only beat, but exceed the performance of the very best CD transports/players, you will need to use USB, and not just any USB. You will also need to use a good computer platform and playback soft... | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... "Can you also mention some other high quality USB converter ? "Diverter HRBerkeley"What is the best quality power supply to go with it ?"Modified Hynes SR3-12 "A USB converter and then the DAC ?"Yes, plus a good S/PDIF cable. You can get really go... | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... Topmost wrote: "I have no knowledge of how the USB is implemented. This is exactly the point. The technology has not been matured enough."You listen to one interface from one company and you come to this conclusion?You should audition more USB int... | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... Mapman wrote: "it seems USB connections seem to be much more hit or miss for really good sound than older more established and standardized interfaces designed specifically for computer audio, like TOSLINK and SPDIF. I have yet to get any clearly ... | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... Most manufacturers are adding USB interfaces to their DACs now without much experience with these. As a result, most of these DACs sound better driven from S/PDIF input rather than USB input.The other thing to realize is that even the very best US... |