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| How to remove harshness from my digital gear Sloth - I recommend against using any kind of band-aids to solve system issues, however there is a role for DSP and that is:1) speaker correction2) room correctionWith the advent of ultra-transparent EQ tools like that in Amarra player, this is no... | |
| How to remove harshness from my digital gear RL - there are all kinds of things that make it harder for a CD transport to read a CD, including:1) out of round CD2) warped CD3) mal-formed pits4) static charge - creates forces on the head5) electron energy level in the polymer - can be affecte... | |
| How to remove harshness from my digital gear Robsker - there are two things you can do to eliminate hum, short of buying different components:1) try changing the AC power for each component. IF they are all on the same circuit, this should minimize it, but may not stop it. Different phases f... | |
| How to remove harshness from my digital gear Geoff - the CD sounds thin due to jitter from the badly formed pits. Rip the CD with dbpoweramp to .wave file and then rewrite onto a CDROM using a good writer and you will experience lower jitter. Reclock the CD transport and you will experience ... | |
| How to remove harshness from my digital gear You can certianly add bandaids like tibe buffers and cables that compress the sound. However, you will be sacrificing detail, imaging and ultimately liveness.I have completely eliminated harshness by reducing first the biggest problem tht causes t... | |
| Are there any DACs that can go low? I have really good outputs to feed it with also. Not good enough. I2S beats it hands-down using a good cable like the HDMI-12. I have lots of customer feedback on this as well.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Here is a total full-range computer-driven tube system for under $35K that was one of the best of show, voted by JA:http://www.stereophile.com/content/empirical-audio-vapor-audioThe best sound I have heard at ANY show in 15 years of exhibiting at ... | |
| after TT upgrade, digital sounds like crap- help You could improve the jitter from the Sonos by adding a $600 Synchro-Mesh in-line. The USB on the Oppo is probably beyond help though. If the Oppo has a digital coax input, you could add a USB converter with separate power supply (to reduce jitter... | |
| Are there any DACs that can go low? Interm... - The optimum way to use the W4S DAC2 is using I2S. The Off-Ramp 5 provides HDMI I2S output specifically for this. The reason that I2S sounds better I believe is that it bypasses the clocking that occurs with S/SDIF input to Sabre DAC.St... | |
| Are there any DACs that can go low? In your dreams. Any manufacturer that claims this is lying. Not possible.Even small increments in jitter reduction at very low levels can be heard in a resolving system. See these jitter plots:http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=115008.20St... | |
| Are there any DACs that can go low? FYI, jitter is not limited to computer audio. It is just as big a problem with CD and SACD players and devices like Apple TV and Sonos. It is a generic digital audio issue.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Looking for DAC to improve sound quality from iPod I second the Pure i20 dock. Best value in audio IMO. I don't sell them, but I have one.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| reclocking if you have Toslink output on your laptop, you could feed this to a reclocker like Synchro-Mesh and then S/PDIF to the DAC rather than USB. Reclocker is around $600 and a good S/PDIF cable $250. 30-day money back makes it a cheap thing to try.Stev... | |
| Are there any DACs that can go low? The frequency response of the DACs you have tried probably extends to 20Hz. The reason that you are not hearing the same bass as your vinyl system is likely related to two deficiencies:1) Jitter is probably too high to deliver the focus required f... | |
| Does Anyone Offer Audio Mods For A Mac Mini? Iwill be offering soon a Hynes supply for the pre-2010 mini. $900Killer dynamics.Steve N.Empirical Audio |