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| Buy 4k projector or display now?...or stay 1080p? I'd wait and see how the new Sony 500ES looks compared to the 1000ES.ps the 1000ES will get upgraded to HDMI 2.0 specs as well and be sold as the 1100ES. 1000ES owners will have to pay for the upgrade | |
| JL Audio Fathom Owners and Looking to own One A friend of mine looking to build a subwoofer is looking at a 750W amplifier for his subwoofer and it costs about 800 bucks. If the item is out of warranty and you had to pay over a thousand for the 1500W amp in the JL subwoofer, it is IMHO not en... | |
| Anything happening at the new Thiel? They've just launched in fairly quick succession the CS2.7 and the CS1.7 and showed a prototype of the new MCS not too long ago as well as just refreshing their subwoofer line up (USS and SS2.2)Not enough for you? :) | |
| LCD3 with Lyr? Balanced connections use 3 pins for the signal +, - and ground. Doing so provides better noise rejection. Theoretically this should only benefit longer runs but even for incredibly short runs like headphones, there's a noticeable benefit. RCA cabl... | |
| LCD3 with Lyr? FWIW I have the original Lyr. Subsequent Lyrs were modified slightly IIRC so you may have better luck pairing the Lyr with the LCD3. | |
| LCD3 with Lyr? The Mjolnir like the Lyr is just a head amp. No DAC inside, so no USB connection.You can use a mini stereo to RCA jack to connect the computer to the Mjolnir. The Mjolnir supports either RCA or balanced analog inputs (not both at the same time). Y... | |
| LCD3 with Lyr? Go for the Mjolnir and use the balanced cable. It's really worth the upgrade.The Lyr I have was great the HE6 (tho again the Mjolnir was better at driving the HE6), but because of the higher sensitivity of the LCD3, I noticed a bit of noise with t... | |
| External HD Changing the quality of the sound? I find that my EMM Labs XDS1 and Playback Designs still sound better with a spinning disc but the software keeps sounding better so I suspect it might overtake it eventually. | |
| External HD Changing the quality of the sound? Ah, Ghosthouse. I get what you mean. BitPerfect just needs to know where iTunes keeps the music files the first time it loads up. The main options are just listed in the drop down menu.If your DAC displays the sample rate, there is one way to chec... | |
| External HD Changing the quality of the sound? BitPerfect is an app that works alongside iTunes. You use iTunes to manage your library (set which HDD to keep the library in etc, add new songs, add metadata info if needed, create playlists etc).BitPerfect just takes over the playback engine fro... | |
| how can I get DSD signal from my Sony SCD5400 ES Frankly I feel HDMI is not a great transport for audio signals. The M51 for instance often sounds better using the SPDIF than HDMI. | |
| how can I get DSD signal from my Sony SCD5400 ES Are you sure there's an HDMI DSD DAC on the way? :) | |
| how can I get DSD signal from my Sony SCD5400 ES Ah OK.I can think of a few options:a. get it modded by Modwright. It modifies the analog output stage and the power supply and is quite highly ratedb. sell the 5400ES for a better SACD player. I am quite pleased with my DSD DACs from Playback Desi... | |
| how can I get DSD signal from my Sony SCD5400 ES The 5400ES has a pretty highly rated DAC built in. You can just run the analog outputs to your headphone amp. Any SACD you play will have the DSD material decoded internally to the analog outputs. | |
| Replacing my AVP Bryston SP3? Sneaks in just under your budget.But I'd also have a look at the Marantz. It is a pretty impressive system but has the economies of scale associated with leveraging components from a large scale consumer electronics firm. |