ckorody
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| How to choose a DAC? I'd suggest you not worry about anything over $1,000 =)Beyond the sound there are a lot of different features which contribute to price.DACs come with a number of different inputs - I2S, USB, Toslink, AES/EBU and SPDIF - often some combination. My... | |
| Help with amplifier connections So, here is my best guess - BTW I have a pair of Moles powering my rears and am very pleased with them.From left to rightXLR input - this unit is designed to be used as a monoblock thus only one. It is a balanced inputNeutrik Speakon connector - u... | |
| Need basic iPod help... Headshrinker I like Amazon as opposed to ebay because I get a lot out of reading the reviews and commentary - very handy as you discover new "families". I also like the samples. And of course I get my cover art there too. Plus you have big brother... | |
| Need basic iPod help... do the math - depending on your tastes and how many cds you plan to acquire you might do better buying used on Amazon - and no limitations on how you use the music ever afterLike Metralla I have 2000 cds and nary a one from iTunes. And yes I had o... | |
| Need basic iPod help... no offense - thnx - I went through my ultimate iPod phase awhile ago with Vinnie... | |
| firewire or USB for external music storage drive? Jax - my bad - thnx for setting me rightI think it's all been well said by the other poster - the only thing I can contribute is that in my experience I have seen no evidence that USB robbing the processor of cycles is an issue in any way, shape o... | |
| What would you buy Sub $350 Firewire/USB DAC Prof - is it sounding any better? | |
| Need basic iPod help... So -You need to rip in Apple Lossless with error correction on and all of the options under Playback off. This is mandatory and gets you most of the way there no matter what else you do.Then if you want to take it to the max you need to go to ALO ... | |
| firewire or USB for external music storage drive? all good except that you will find many more USB DACs then FW DACs... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 Like my buddy, the learned writer Kal said - the 9.9 (and no doubt the next generation of Denon and Marantz) are all about additional Audyssey features and controlling the individual ISF inputsIMHO the ISF is the more important here's the deal - t... | |
| Setup question You can certainly use airport but I think the audio is already analog at the other endThere is a very nice Ethernet/802.11 unit called the Squeezebox by Logitech which can be used to output SPDIF to a DAC. Also has an internal DAC so you can outpu... | |
| anthem d2 , b&k ref 70 or arcam As you know, home theater SOTA is HDMI 1.3, 1080p and 5 or 7.1 using one of the lossless formats on bluray discs - as well as Audyssey MultiEQ.The standards look like they will hold for a few years - if only because the software industry (ie the s... | |
| My dilemma, some advice please. I found a very interesting article by Robert Harley in AVGuide.com He defines two different functions involved in decoding a lossless BluRay:“unzipping” of the TrueHD bitstream to PCM, and the conversion of that PCM to analog. The former is best d... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 Dbphd - This "bad analog" thing is an opinion that seems to be catching hold on this board - since I have not used the analog inputs, I am not sure if this is an urban legend in the making.FWIW Integra is Onkyo's upscale brand (the Lexus if you wi... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 Home theater SOTA is HDMI 1.3, 1080p and 5 or 7.1 using one of the lossless formats on bluray discs - as well as Audyssey MultiEQ. The standards look like they will hold for a few years - if only because the software industry (ie the studios) have... |