davide256
Responses from davide256
| Comparing rips could it be the track information? The reason I use dbpoweramp is because it works at attaching the library track information for wav... others I have used had problems. | |
| Fidelizer phusis, i use JRiver MC 17, haven't shelled out yet for the 18 upgrade. | |
| PC audio with USB DAC sounds like you want to stay mainstream (compressed music). Consider the Sonos system with the Wyred4sound DAC upgrade. | |
| Fidelizer Phusis, you don't post your system but I see from one of your threads that you use the NuForce DAC-9... this has USB but its not listed as asynchronous. Without asynch usb computer audio is a lame duck. I run a PS Audio DLinkIII with the JKMkIII a... | |
| Fidelizer waste of time. Jplay blows fidelizer out of the water, assuming that you play lossless vs midfi quality audio files | |
| ASUS Xonar STX - Distortion (1)have you used the Asus control panel to make sure enhancements (ha!) are disabled? 2) Are you feeding analog out or using digital to a DAC? 3)Highly recommend that you use Jplay so long as your source music is lossless as that will improve vari... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? since last post I have actually made 3 changes. (1) in general I prefer to stay within manufacturer specs and I was curious about the Obbligatos so I've swapped in a 0.15uf Obbligatto to replace the Rel RT 0.1uf. So far its nice, sweet sounding, n... | |
| Asynchronous USB input 24/96 vs 24/192 192khz music takes up twice the disk space of 96khz music and is still relatively uncommon. That said, don't worry about 192khz, just worry about how good the DAC is at 96khz and how well does it meet your system needs. | |
| Burn in Capacitor phenomena its my understanding that most film capacitors are dielectric- 2 sheets placed side by side, then rolled tightly.Each sheet is one side of the electrical contact. During initial break in the voltage applied finds uneven gaps and a settling in proc... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? Have continued to work on this as the board layout is easy to work with. Since last post I have taken out the 2uf Solens SE capacitors in the phono and pre sections because of "edginess" and replaced them with REL Theta's. In the phono section I h... | |
| tweaking the Dlink III thanks Tgrisham. thinking about it you are correct, no guarantees this will make the DAC better and I do want to be able to sell this easily in the spring after buying a better DAC. The stuff I have modded has always been equipment I have no inten... | |
| what is wrong with my cd player? Check for this simple mechanical problem. The CD player has to clamp the disc to spin it.With age the friction surface on the upper clamp can wear causing the disc to slip/skip during play. Using a paper ring on the CD upper friction surface (donu... | |
| New CD´s with errors, acording to dBpoweramp CD Stoplight product may help if its edge reflection | |
| Optimizing the Prima Luna Premium Integrated amp for the Premium integrated the manufacturer tube configuration is all 12AU7's. I have swapped in some Amperex 12AT7's and Jan Phillips 12AX7WA's, in both casesthe Mullard 12AU7's were better in the front sockets. Toying with shelling out for some ... | |
| tweaking the Dlink III Been there, done that with several digital cables. This issue has been present on all. Also done many audiophile cap upgrades on multiple components with the only fiasco being a first attempt on an Oppo DV-970HD died(second attempt succeeded). The... |