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| Best Airplay Device How about this?http://www.intl.onkyo.com/products/accessories/ri-dock/ds-a5/index.htmlOr if your budget extends furtherhttp://us.marantz.com/us/Products/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=ReferenceSeries&SubCatId=0&ProductId=NA11S1(this has a... | |
| CD vs CD/SACD Player – Tube-based or Not I can't help you with it except that I am happy with BOTH an Ayon CD5S and a Playback MPS-5 feeding the Ayon (acting as a tube preamp).I feel the MPS-5's DSD DAC is far more resolving but the Ayon sounds very good with CD and RBCD computer audio. | |
| Are there any DACs that can go low? I have also picked up a TEAC UD-501 and it does sound the business especially with DSD! | |
| Are there any DACs that can go low? I thought the Playback had a nice bass emphasis reminiscent of my Project RPM10.1 10cc evolution arm and a Sumiko Blackbird with 2g VTF played through my Bel Canto Phono3. | |
| Wadia S7i vs Esoteric K-01/K-03 vs MSB Not sure about your budget but if you don't need SACD playback, have a look at the Playback MPS-3. MPS-5 plays SACD but may stretch your budget a bit. Well worth it IMHO. | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence Actually, setting up the Mac to play music isn't difficult and once it's setup, when I was paying a lot less money for power, I used to leave my gear on all the time so any time I had a moment, I just used the app to select my music and began play... | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence For those who want an idiot proof computer audio system try an Aurender. | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence I don't disagree that setting up a music server optimally does take some tweaking and it helps if you are already familiar with how they work.Mach2Music has a blog with sections on optimizing the OS for music playback. FWIW, getting a Mini to play... | |
| Mach2Music modified Mac Mini Glad I could help :) | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence I use MochaVNC on the iPad but I suspect the speed on that has to do with the inadequacy of the iPad's hardware. The MBP/MBAs do a decent job even over wifi talking to the Mini which is connected over wiredFWIW, I don't use VNC on the Mini to play... | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence Here I am typing this running screen sharing on a 2011 MacBook Air remote controlling a 2009 MacBook Pro (quite ancient) over wifi (on the MBA) and wired (to the MBP) and it still works remarkably well. It is a bit slow if you are running a full H... | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence I've found Audirvana to be the most stable of the lot. I also try not to update itunes until I am sure the developer of (Audirvana or Puremusic or Amarra) has fixed any possible issues/tested the new build of itunes.Timrhu, my post does require so... | |
| moon vs bel canto power amp I dunno about the W3 but I'd avoid the M300. It uses IMHO one of the worst ICE modules around. Get a REF1000M or 500M, heck even the REF150S would sound better. | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence I try not to use the same interface (eg USB, Firewire, etc) for the connection to the DAC as well as the HDD storage.For the new Mini, I've had good results with a Thunderbolt GoFlex adaptor with the Seagate GoFlex drive. You do need a TB cable se... | |
| Mach2Music modified Mac Mini I could be wrong but a friend with the Mach2Music had the original HDD that shipped with the Mini returned to him. It contained a "fresh" image of the original SSD OS intall, with the tweaks M2M had included.So if the SSD is down, you can just get... |