bigamp
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| Music Servers VS Excellent Transports? Ditto Walt. I too have an EMM transport and just use it for SACDs. Empirical Audio Turbo-2 feeding into the EMM DAC sounds the same as EMM transport into the DAC. CDs are ripped and then go straight into storage. | |
| PC based music server from TAS All guidance seems to point away from using a sound card. I recommend reading some of Audioengr's posts on this. An external DAC will make a big difference, as well as the way you get the signal into the DAC. Not all USB devices are created equal ... | |
| Music Servers VS Excellent Transports? In a number of cases a computer based system may be preferred, however a top notch transport or all in one player can beat it hands down.Essentialaudio - Have you directly compared a top notch transport/all-in-one player to a top notch computer-ba... | |
| wireless/USB audio to receiver Uncompressed WAVs from ripped CDs work fine, I tried it this morning. Cool... Sorry about the misinformation, the manual is misleading. | |
| wireless/USB audio to receiver Chris, right - one has a copyright in their original work of authorship, regardless of whether they register. The receiver checks DRM for ripped song. Music downloaded from pay sites and CDs ripped to WMA format will have DRM. The manual mentions ... | |
| wireless/USB audio to receiver It's not as sophisticated as itunes or jriver, etc. But provides a nice straightforward interface. Appears on your TV and is easy to navigate using the remote control. Shows cover art, search by genre, favorites, etc. I haven't seen Sonos. | |
| PC Audio Basics Chris - Interesting web site. Someone needed to do it. Nice to get in on the ground floor. Good luck. | |
| How to avoid Kmixer Kmixer is just a playback problem. No need to rerip unless you didn't use software that does bit perfect ripping. | |
| How to avoid Kmixer My first line of my last post was meant to be a copy of a quote from Audioengr, not my statement. | |
| How to avoid Kmixer AirPort Express is the only way to use iTunes with a PC I'm confused by the responses here. In XP, you can bypass kmixer for a device simply by going into Control Panel and unchecking the box to map through the device. Does this change when you us... | |
| DAC with Word Clock Output Emm Labs DCC2 and dac6. | |
| Benchmark VS older ultrahigh end dac's in these... Timely post; just last night I compared my Benchmark USB from my office system to my Meitner DCC2 (USB into Empirical Audio Turbo-2 into DCC2). Granted, these DACs are priced in different categories, but the sounds were also in different categorie... | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? Chris, no problem. This is fun stuff. | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? Chris, IMO a music server provides a segway into PC-based audio for those who don't have the time, knowledge, or just plain don't want to deal with setting up a PC-based system. So, you obviously pay a premium for the convenience, but IMO lose fle... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Speaking of tried and true audiophile grade DACs, if you have a DAC that you already like, IMO the Empirical Audio Turbo-2 or PaceCar (or both) interface is the way to go. Yes, they're pricey for something that just converts USB to another digital... |