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| Help me build a fine PC sound system Steve,USB was neber designed for audio. That's a basic premis. Data is transmitted in packets - not good for an audio signal. USB is just another example of trying to make ther best out of something not very good.I have not heard the Berkeley, but... | |
| Help me build a fine PC sound system I am a firm believer that USB sucks and was just never intended for audio. The new Berkeley appears to be the first to finally get around USB's technical inferiority. I look forward to a listen of a mac mini and the berkeley USB interface. | |
| Help me build a fine PC sound system I just made some sweet changes on my PC rig. I just ordered the ESI Juli@ but, in the interim... I reinstalled the Sigma Tel Audio which is on the motherboard. I never knew it was capable of 192/24. I got rid of the MAudio firewire/spdif converter... | |
| Is McIntosh a stepping stone into HI/FI? It may not be everyones choice, but it is great gear and definitely high end. I think even thier entry level stuff is expensive and other than the modular unit, probably prohibitively expensive to use as a strating point, unless you have the means... | |
| esoteric x-05 player I don't think I would make any changes until the player breaks in. Shunyata makes great power cables and everyone has a favorite for IC's. Let one variable settle in before you introduce others. It is the only way you can mainain any reference to ... | |
| Looking for a DAC for the Squeezebox Touch I am using the Berkeley Audio DAC with my Touch. I have the Touch going into the Esoteric G25U upsampler/clock - now, that's a nice upgrade. CIA power supply as well but thinking of the Boulder. | |
| esoteric x-05 player BTW, there are quite a few X-05 and X-03's for sale used because the owners never gave them the rediculous burn in time they needed. | |
| esoteric x-05 player Okay, first off, figure a thousand hours on the player if you brought it new. Second, it likes good isolation, good ac cables, balanced outs and, again, good cables. It needs a good line conditioner. It isn't "bright" but incredibly detailed and t... | |
| Benchmark dac - why such diverging opinions? System synergy is key (and personal preferance) - the whole chain..I have a Benchmark and it sounds great, a bit shy of the Berkeley, which says alot. | |
| Berkeley Alpha DAC: cabling and breaking-in time Great to hear. Mine does sound amazing. I found the Herbie footers do a good job at reducing the transformer hum. I use the 1.24 filer as well. I also found the power conditioner made a difference on sound. My Shunyata Hydra sounds much better tha... | |
| Berkeley Alpha DAC: cabling and breaking-in time Have you tried the different filters in the BADA? | |
| Back to tubes? How about no preamp? I know not always feasible (and much more diffiult with analogue gear) but if you are beginning "the search", why limit yourself? I run my digital gear direct to amps but have a linestage for my phone/tape/tuner (I switch cabl... | |
| Berkeley Alpha DAC: cabling and breaking-in time Gladly. The Berkeley replaced a benchmark dac. The Berkeley is more resolving and threw a wider and deeper soundstage. The biggest difference was that the music through the bada just sounded right. The touch into the dac sounds great but up sampli... | |
| Berkeley Alpha DAC: cabling and breaking-in time I got mine used so it was already broken in. I wouldn't doubt at least 200 hrs. I use the aes/ebu input (purist audio anniversary) and balanced outs (Tara labs the one) with a shunyata python ac cord. My source is a squeezebox touch into an esoter... | |
| Is sooloos worth the money? Ultimately, the sooloos will sound as good as the dac it is hooked up to (seems everyone here that has used it did so with an outboard dac). Then, to me, for the price, it is merely a file server with a really nice (and fast) gui. Now, if I can re... |