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| MacBook Pro or PC soundcard A usb dac is nothing like a soundcard, all due respect. A sound card goes into a PCI (or PCIe) slot and outputs music via an spdif connector. A usb dac tries very poorly to convert usb audio into spdif, though it does a very poor job. USB was inve... | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival - John Foggarty Last night, after Susie Q, I had to walk out of my soundroom to wipe Fogarty's spit from my glasses.It was awesome. | |
| 80s Metalheads...sleeper picks AC DC Highway to Hell; Judas Priest Unleashed in the East; Scorpions Virgin Killer; Styx; Grand Illusion (seriously - it is Metal!) - try that playlist. | |
| Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$ I have heard the NAD, it just didnt impress me. None of that magic midrange I get with the Berkeley; it didnt unravel the orchestra complexities like the berkeley (and the berkeley not like the K03) - that woodsy tone in the woodwinds was not ther... | |
| Body for Maggies: Hegel Pass Sanders or Ncore? The new Maggies are much better than the old Maggies; I would go sanders magtech but you do need to know, Maggies, as GREAT as they are, wil not give you that inner detail your looking for. Great (GREAT) speakers but thats not what they do. | |
| Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$ Thats all fine, guys but no one can dispute the Berkeley has had some of the best reviews (EVER for a DAC); the NAD, not as near. I love the way we embrace something we like and can afford and all of a sudden its the best darn thing out there.Me, ... | |
| Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$ I'm a firm believer in "you get what you pay for". Granted, there are some sily deals out there but, for the most part, excellent sound will cost a few dollars more than mediocre sound. The key is the ability to tell the difference. | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? There is really nothing more to say. You just need to hear it. It is a very nice sounding unit, very dynamic, quiet, highly resolving, should come with a coal miners lamp as it digs every little detail out of the CD's. | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Im still breaking it in but would not say slightly forward, though, when I had some nice magic going with some female vocal music, I did feel the body of the singer developing just infront of the soundstage, in a curved 3-d impression. Mind blowin... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? I am breaking in an esoteric k03direct to 2 sanders magtech amps and the sound is pretty spectacularafter 200 hours. | |
| Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$ I understand that. I just replaced my berkeley with the k03. Not sure if I will part with it, but if I do, I know no one can by a better dac for the two grand I may sell it for. Silly to think any 1500 dac can come close. | |
| Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$ You won't beat the Berkeley with 2500 bucks. It can be beat, but not for that much money. | |
| Redbook Digital Can Sound Great -- On Occassion I do have some pretty incredible sounding CD's and a pretty decent digital playback system. Just ordered an Esoteric K03 to replace my X03SE. CD players aren't dead, gentlemen. This computer thing is temporary. | |
| Is there life after a KXR? Help ..at least you can pick up a KXR, now, for $12k or under. What a difference a few years make. | |
| JPLAY - It aint subtle I had JPlay issues also (I use JRiver 17), but with the new JPlay 5.1, it is stable and runs fine and is an audio improvement. The big problem with its being 'unstable' may actually be a setting thing where the samples are usually set too high. On... |