cerrot
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| Doe's anyone have a Esoteric XO-3 cd player? I have one as well and it is the best digital I have ever heard. I'm thrilled with it. Awesome redbood and sacd playback. Balanced out is the way to go so hope you have balanced input on preamp. Also needs a ton of break in so be patient. best pla... | |
| firewire or USB for external music storage drive? About the usb dac thing, and I know that isn't what the original poster was asking - while Firewire Dacs are few, firewire to spdif converters aren't, and they are relatively inexpensive ($200), so you wouldn't be limited to a USB dac - you can ge... | |
| firewire or USB for external music storage drive? USB will rob the processor of cycles, while the firewire will not. | |
| Hopelessly mid fi? If you are comparing the cd to mp3, amd the cd is commercial pop or rock 1980's), (some of) those recordings on cd were poory recorded, with low dynamics and compressed. They actually may not be distinguishable from an mp3 on some systems. I know ... | |
| Adding a Rotel RMB-1075 You will get all that you posted. Use good cables. | |
| Hopelessly mid fi? I also agree that the difference between compressed and uncompressed music is easily discernable. I have a few MP3 addicted friends who never heard a comparison between MP3 and wav or flac files and once I played both for them, they couldn't belie... | |
| Rotel RB 1070 from Elite Receiver Big Difference? I recently upgraded from the Rotel spearates to the Pioneer Elite receiver. I don't use it for music, just movies. In my system, to my ears, the Elite was just as good, and, perhaps, a bit more detailed, and a tad quieter. I would agree that the R... | |
| First Steps into Computer Audio I'm not sure, Reubent. My issues aren't with the DAC, just the architecture of the PC interface. I'm sure it sounds great. My only thought would be that using firewire out, the PC would perform better. If the PC performs better, I would think all ... | |
| First Steps into Computer Audio http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/techtips/d--03/26/2002http://www.usb-ware.com/firewire-vs-usb.htmAbove are just two links I had from recent searches. I had spent a bit of time on this before I went with firewire. I understand most of the P... | |
| First Steps into Computer Audio Drubin, it is an undisputed fact that the firewire interface is superior to usb by all computer techs. As I have said, just google it. I don't recall anything specific to dacs, just the interface. Please do a search and you will see what I mean. I... | |
| First Steps into Computer Audio The easier, less expensive way to go is getting a firewire to spdif converter. MAudio has the firewire solo for $200-you can get any dac you choose. Aside from streaming & packets, USB uses up CPU cycles, so a 480 usb throughput is actually sl... | |
| First Steps into Computer Audio Sorry, Jax, I haven't checked this thread. I'll see if I can find something and post it. | |
| how to improve myWin XP PC audio? Where do you get the Wasapi plug in? I'm using Vista and J River 12.Thanks, | |
| Vinyl sounds a bit thin and slightly strident. I just did a major tweaking of my TNT Jr. as my cd was bettering my vinyl. Got the Cardas golden reference, new cleaning fluids & brushes, reset the phonostage loading, capacitance & gain, got a digital tracking scale to zero in VTF; spent... | |
| Internet radio stations that sound really good Give Purejazzradio.com a shot - great programming. Sounds wonderful. |