doggiehowser
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| Affordable "Thiel type" speakers are? I thought that coaxial KEFs are decent. The Q series are made in china. But I thought that they had a very good imaging. Not in the same class as the 2.4s but they are pretty affordable. | |
| Playback designs MPD-3 vs Ayon Skylla If you don't have a preamp, I'd recommend the CD5S which has an analog volume control vs the Skylla which I recall uses a digital volume control like the older CD5. | |
| New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5 Sorry. Typing on a small phone has its drawbacks. The firmware update over writes it fully. You don't need to apply the individual preceding firmware updates. | |
| Soud applications Reference line stage vs line sta I get mine from the local dealer so there is at least some form of providence. FWIW, very few people I know sell their Sound Applications unless it's to trade up. | |
| Soud applications Reference line stage vs line sta The newer ones are pricier so I dont see how that is bad for resale value. | |
| New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5 I believe it over-writes the entire firmware so it's not cumulative.ps there's a new one again (bugfix for the old one) | |
| Soud applications Reference line stage vs line sta Jim does tweak his designs a lot. His later models do outperform the earlier ones. I have two of the RLS240s (circa 2010 now superseded by the RLS-240E) and a RLS240X which he builds to order (based on the components he uses for commercial conditi... | |
| Volume level of ARC Ref 5 seems very high Glad it worked for you too. | |
| flac player question Try using JPlay. | |
| Volume level of ARC Ref 5 seems very high Keep us posted :)why do you need both RCA and XLR? | |
| The best of the DACs I'd suggest something like a Mojo Mac Mini with SSD, filtered DC power input, linear external PSU loaded up with 16GB RAM and Audirvana Plus hooked to a DAC that supports direct and integer mode. I've had good results with a Playback MPS-5 with US... | |
| Esoteric K-01 and Aurender S10 compatibility I thought CA found USB out from the Aurender to sound better than the AES to a Meitner MA-1? Perhaps there's something to be said about having the DAC handle clock control. Perhaps that's what the OP is trying to achieve. I do agree that the Auren... | |
| iPad "Remote" App for iTunes No DSD support on BitPerfect but for PCM, it does a superb job. | |
| Is anyone familiar with the Ayre Dac?? Computer Audio doesn't stay static.I would say that in 2010/2011, it was still better to spin a disc. These days, I am not so sure. Especially when you have something like Audirvana Plus in Direct/INT mode. | |
| iPad "Remote" App for iTunes I think AudirvanaPlus trumps BitPerfect (even in iTunes integration mode) particularly if your DAC/USB supports INT and Direct mode in Lion/Mountain Lion |