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| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? Gunbei,My biggest issue with usb were the dropouts. I couldn't get into PC sound as I was just waiting for a stumble. With firewire, there aren't any hiccups at all. The sound with firewire is just more flowing, more musical. I get a nice soundsta... | |
| What is your favorite material for loudspeakers? Johnk,Actually, its a metal frame, but my point is that I don't (or didn't) want my drivers in a box. I have the Eros Mk II and, yes, the woofer is in a box, so I am kind of speaking out of both sides of my mouth but the 60hz or so sounds don't se... | |
| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? The key with the wadia is that it does bypass the dac in the ipod, allowing you to use your own dac (hopefully a much better one-which isn't difficult to do considering the dac in the ipod). You do need a dac; the wadia is the first to be given th... | |
| What is your favorite material for loudspeakers? I have to agree with Eldartford. No cabinet is the best cabinet. I love my stats. | |
| video processor & hdmi I have a dvdo iScan VP30 hooked to my PC rig. I have my sat receiver into the dvdo and coax audio out to a dac. It works fine. I only use it for 2 channel but I could connect the coax out to a surround sound processsor and that would also work. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? ..and it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around.You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to..Pink Floyd; Dogs from Animals | |
| liquid sound When I describe my system as "liquid" I mean to imply that the performance flows effortlessly between my speakers - not from them but, rather, creates a holographic presentation of the performance. Liquid, to me means no grain, no edgyness, perfec... | |
| Esoteric X-03 does it kill the DV-50 in cd quality I have had both in my system and while the DV50 was very good, the X03SE took it to another level. There was no comparison. | |
| has anyone tried ultrabit platinum on their cds George, I just got the ultra bit and am listening to Kind of blue as I write this, and I gotta say, WOW!I'm not on my main rig (listening to my office rig) and it's more musical, sound stage is much taller ad instruments just pop from the thier pr... | |
| If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like... I have a great sounding SS rig, but I can't help but wonder what the heck goes on in those little red glowing tubes in my secondary rig (Cayin A-50T). The sound is pretty sweet (into just B & W 685's). My next upgrade in my big rig was going t... | |
| Digital front end question Timtim,The big thing with digitial is that it now sounds decent. Actually, some CD rigs actually sound awesome. You have to pay to play but there is (finally) some great sounding digital out there. A Benchamrk DAC, approx $975, sounds incedibly be... | |
| What solid state dac is similar to Ayre CX-5e? There are a few firewire interfaces available. I went with the M Audio Firewire Solo - $200 and awesome for me. It takes a firewire cable from my PC and has an spdif output (into a monarchy upsampler into MF X DAC). Firewire much better for passin... | |
| What solid state dac is similar to Ayre CX-5e? I would actually keep away from USB as (1) it's inferior and (2) it limits the DACs you can choose from. If you must have USB, you can always get a USB to spdif converter - and still get any DAC you want (I strongly suggest going the firewire rout... | |
| Proper platform/support for a Musical Fidelity A5? I like the Finite Element CeraPucs as well as the Walker Audio Valid points for CD players. For the symposium rack, however (it is excellent), the mfg may recommend something else (svelt shelf, ultra shelf, fat pads, roller blocks). Give Peter at ... | |
| How to manage a big itunes library? If you think the hard drive to PC via firewire sounds good... you should hear firewire to dac. WOW...USB was never intended to transmit misuc. Firewire is. |