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| New Computer: What Should I Get for Audio? Thanks Steve. I'll skip 2.4 for now ;) | |
| New Computer: What Should I Get for Audio? Steve, have you tried Amarra 2.4 yet?For the OP, I'd look at getting a Mach2Mini with the battery PSU option. I'm not sure what the guys at M2M do exactly but even with similar specs, I found my friend's AC powered M2M sound better than mine (fact... | |
| Modwright Oppo 95 and Computer Audio The USB port on the Oppo is a USB host. It hooks up to other USB devices and "controls" them. This works with USB thumb drives and HDDs.From my experience, playback of lossless files on the USB HDD ripped from CDs don't sound as good as the same C... | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition JonI think that some software like JPlay can do an offline conversion that's supposed to be very good. It's not done in real time however and the resulting file is pretty large but some have reported better results with such software conversion. T... | |
| Why do I like Class AB better than Class A? I don't think Plinius designed the SA10x and SA Reference/250 to be Class AB amps but they wanted the amps to be left on all the time, so providing that AB switch provided owners a way to leave it on 24/7 without busting the electricity bill. | |
| Why do I like Class AB better than Class A? I am pretty sure the SA-103 (the replacement of the 100) and the SA-Reference that I have has a much lower output in Class A. 100W vs 300W in AB. | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition @APLHifiI think there's a difference from the traditional warm and wooly tube sound and the modern tube design like what you get from Audio Research or Conrad Johnson. | |
| Does one NEED floor standing speakers for HT only? Swapping out my B&W 601S2s for a set of Thiel CS2.4SEs, the biggest difference was in movie soundtracks. Movie scores can be epic.. grand, large in scale and generally benefit from a good stereo speaker.In terms of frequency responses, a good ... | |
| Why do I like Class AB better than Class A? What speakers are you using?Perhaps what you are comparing is the difference in power and not just Class of operation.Maybe the speakers are just too power hungry for the Class A's limited output to shine. | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition Zugisland,http://lenehanaudio.com.au/index.php/products/pdx-usb-dac/pdx-dac-specification/pdx-dac-level-2.htmlYou can check the prices (in Australian dollar) here.The Lenehan is IMHO a more rudimentary design: BB PCM1704 DACs stacked and linked to... | |
| New amp? Thiel... I have used Bel Canto REF1000Ms partnered with an Audio Research Reference 5 (then 5SE) and an Ayon CD5S (CDP/DAC/tube pre) with my Thiel CS3.7s.Now using Electrocompaniet AW600 aka NemosI had used the REF1000Ms with my 2.4SEs before this | |
| DAC w/ low-voltage XLR analog outputs for EMM XDS1 I think the dCS debussy has a similar DSD DAC design and has variable gain adjustments. | |
| Stand alone dac vs built in dac what's the better I find that for a lot of systems, synergy is more important than whether the DAC is integrated with the transport or on an external box.I use a Bel Canto DAC3.5VB MkII (upgraded from a Mk I) along with a Bel Canto CD2. I found that the combo sound... | |
| Ideas on how to make a "poor man's" Ayon S-3 The Ayon S3 is more than just a media server. It's got the guts of an Ayon Skylla DAC built inside and if you look at the price of that unit, you can sorta understand why they priced the S3 as such.So you need 3 different units to recreate that fu... | |
| Any hope for SACD? I have in no particular order: Bel Canto CD2/DAC3.5VBMkII, Ayon CD5S for one system (where I often compare the transport to the MacMini with Amarra/PureMusic via Weiss INT202 or WavelinkHS).For DVDA/multichannel SACD, I have a regular Oppo 95 and ... |