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| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... @Spectron, have you heard an EMM Labs DAC2?It is a pretty damn fine DAC. It's one of the reasons I broke my own budget and bought the XDS1. | |
| spdif/USB converter vs DAC upgrade I preferred Audirvana Plus to Pure Music. See if you can pick up a second hand Audiophileo or Wavelink HS or OffRamp to experiment. The Audiophileo might be the cheapest of the bunch to try out. | |
| spdif/USB converter vs DAC upgrade Audiophileo supports Direct Mode with Audirvana and Lion/Mountain Lion.If you are running Pure Music on Snow Leopard. No issue. Integer works on Audiophileo on that system too. | |
| spdif/USB converter vs DAC upgrade Pure Music supports Integer mode in Snow Leopard. Apple changed the core audio API in Lion and Mountain Lion which broke Integer mode for Pure Music (and Audirvana Plus). But Audirvana's creator found another way to enable Direct/Integer mode with... | |
| Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ...... EMM Labs DAC2 USB port was designed almost 5 years ago when computer audio was at its infancy. Its USB port was almost an after though, and only capable of running 44.1kHz or 48kHz only and very likely used a synchronous USB connection (par for th... | |
| spdif/USB converter vs DAC upgrade If you are using PCs, I think Steve's OffRamp converters are the way to go.If you are using Macs and want to use Audirvana Plus, I'd recommend a USB-SPDIF that supports Direct/Integer modes such as the Wavelength Wavelink HS. Like Steve says, USB-... | |
| Has anyone tried using a Macbook Air? I used to use a standard config MBA (13" 4GB RAM 128GB SSD) 2011 for normal notebook duties that did double duty for audio when I am on the road and it is passable. But I found my 2010 Mini which was dedicated for music (no extra apps) sounded bet... | |
| Thoughts about the new MacMini & Lion OS Mojo Audio appears to be doing a similar thing, except their focus is on the power supply. The software mods, they are putting in an FAQ. | |
| What's new about the "V2" version of the EMM XDS1? and DSD over PCM on USB (up to 1xDSD) | |
| How to get iTunes to play FLAC I normally use XLD to convert FLAC to AIFF. AIFF is uncompressed lossless like WAV but supports meta data.You can use apps like PureMusic or AudirvanaPlus which works alongside iTunes and allows you to drag any existing FLAC file to be added to th... | |
| Is an OPPO BDP 95 the best cdp/dac under $1k The Oppo 95 doesn't have DAC inputs. The 105 does. As a universal player, the Cambridge Audio equivalents of the Oppo (same video chipset and transport but with CA's analog stage) aren't a bad alternative but I don't think the CA has DAC inputs th... | |
| Listening chair suggestions Budget no issue, I suggest having a look at the Stressless series. I thought they were heavenly.On a budget, the IKEA Poang recliner and footstool are hard to beat. | |
| Having 24-Bit Sound or not Go to Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI SetupYou can set the bitrate and sample rate in there. I think the HDR is limited to 24 bit/96kHz (no 192kHz) and it is synchronous USB, so it isn't as good as a proper async USB connection.One of the proble... | |
| Gallo SA3 amp You need to be able to apply some bass management. Perhaps another option (out of the box) is to use an Emotiva preamp with sub out (and use a regular power amp to drive the second coil. | |
| Gallo SA3 amp I have a Crowson stereo amp with an LPF that is designed for their shakers/tactile transducers but they aren't that cheap either. $700 for the Gallo unit IMHO isn't too expensive for something designed specifically for it.The other option I can th... |