blackstonejd
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| Laptop as Music Server - Wear? I wouldn't use a laptop to STORE files, but you could use one as your interface, server. Laptop components run too hot and are too unreliable for long term file storage. You need a desktop or NAS for that, preferably with enterprise grade 3.5" dri... | |
| Album art, windows and squeezecenter help I can hear a difference between Apple Lossless and Wav/AIFF, but not between Flac and Wav/Aiff. Maybe that SHOULDN'T be the case, but I think it is. Flac is the only lossless format I would use. | |
| Which computer DVDrom is the best for ripping? I have EAC setup to automatically take charge of iTunes, convert to AIFF and add files to my iTunes library. If I can figure out how to get dbPowerAmp to do that, I may use it because EAC is old and tends to hang in between tracks. | |
| Which power cord more important? Your assumption is not necessarily case. I've never tested AMP vs. CD player but I tested Transport vs. DAC and the Transport (first in the signal chain) benefited more from my best power cable.Logically, you want to treat your components starting... | |
| what is the best power cable for the dCS Puccini Get the absolute best "Transparent Cable" branded power cable you can afford and prepare to be amazed. | |
| Ripping 700 CD's to HD using FLAC-How much space? Get two of these 1TB drives:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136313These are enterprise class drives and are supposed to be a little more reliable than the consumer grade drives known as Caviar Black.You should make your ma... | |
| any difference with power cables on transport I have found transport power cable upgrades to have as big a difference as any other cable upgrade. | |
| Please provid guidance on PC Sound Configuration If you are using X-Fi Titanium, in the Creative Control Panel, set mode to recording, enable bit-perfect playback, disable any XMS3D surround settings, make sure speakers are set to speakers even if you are using headphones.If you play games, you ... | |
| Audiophile USB to PCM Not to bump an old thread, but there is also now a dCS Paganini asynchronous USB Upsampler but I expect it to be very expensive. | |
| Which computer DVDrom is the best for ripping? By the way you should confirm that the actual model you are buying has the above features with a little googling, but I highly recommend LG super multi drives. I have never checked for the above features but they are quiet, fast, and have a nice s... | |
| Which computer DVDrom is the best for ripping? What you want is any burner that1) does not buffer audio;2) has the accurate stream feature; and3) has c2 error correction.I can't confirm that there really is a difference but at least in theory the buffer is the biggest potential problem. EAC ha... | |
| AVS 3D VR 1.0 itunes 32bit 192KHz Upsampler? Here is a link to the download:http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/avs3dvr.htmlUnfortunately, I can't test it because it is Mac OSX only and I am on Windows 7. | |
| AVS 3D VR 1.0 itunes 32bit 192KHz Upsampler? Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention! I will look into this! | |
| Best Super-Tweek You Possibly Ever Did Not sure if it is the best tweak but four PS Audio Noise Harvesters smoothed the sound of my system out quite a bit recently. | |
| "DCS Delius" DAC direct to Amp? Your system seems pretty sophisticated. Sorry I didn't really answer your question I see now you are looking for a direct comparison between on board and external preamplifiers. The point I was trying to make is that I have found the rabbit hole t... |