drubin
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| Download and "ripping" questions with a Mac. I did a fair amount of testing between Max and iTunes before I started ripping my collection. Could not hear a difference -- do you guys really think there is one? Why? | |
| Power Conditioning experience... Why did you choose the Furman? | |
| Totem Mani 2 sig vs Dynaudio special 25s I have owned two different models of Harbeth as well as the Focus 140 and Confidence C1. People used to talk about some speakers transporting you to the recording venue and others bringing the musicians into your listening room. Harbeths are very ... | |
| Totem Mani 2 sig vs Dynaudio special 25s In my experience, the Focus 140's and the Special 25's are very different sounding -- there's hardly a family resemblance to speak of. | |
| USB DAC or USB to SPDIF conv. + non USB DAC? You could also go wireless, such as to a Squeezebox, and then use its S/PDIF digital out. Another option is to connect peer-to-peer with the Squeezebox via Ethernet. In my experience, this Squeezebox solution is sonically superior to inexpensive U... | |
| Considerable Improvement with EAC Rips Let me ask, has anyone run EAC under Parallels on an Intel Duo-Core Mac? Had good results? One ugly question that enters my mind from time to time is whether the PC is a better platform than the Mac for computer audio, for whatever reason. I've ne... | |
| Considerable Improvement with EAC Rips Blackstone, you mention using the right drive, but don't say what it is.You make a credible case, but I continue to be skeptical of claims that more precise ripping will make a big difference. After all, your Goldmund transport doesn't do EAC-like... | |
| Weiss Minerva Dac Correction -- it was the Medea I heard, not the Minerva. Both DACs were fed by a Slim Devices Transporter via SPDIF. An external word clock was in use with the Transporter. Goldmund monoblock amplifiers diving modified large Tonian loudspeakers. | |
| Weiss Minerva Dac Update: I heard the Weiss Minerva and Berkeley Alpha DAC again tonight, different system. This time, the Weiss was the hands-down better sounding unit. Fabulous. | |
| Channel Islands Squeezebox Power Supply? An advantage of the Transporter, independent of its DAC section, is it will pass 24/96 files, if that's important to you. | |
| Weiss Minerva Dac I've heard the Minerva against the Berkeley, both being fed AES/EBU from a very high-quality server. However, the Berkeley was run directly into the amps while the Minerva was run through a preamp. I expect to hear the two compared again in a few ... | |
| Channel Islands Squeezebox Power Supply? Given the rest of your gear, if you want to go wireless, get a Transporter. | |
| Apple 24 Bit 96 KhZ It's not as simple as one interface being better than another. There is a lot going in with computer audio and there are good and bad solutions for both. If you already have a good DAC with Toslink input, my recommendation is to start there. Get a... | |
| ArkivMusic Cds any takers? I agree. You can often find out-of-print stuff used on Amazon or eBay. But your question about the sound of the reissues still stands. Would be good to hear some opinions. | |
| ArkivMusic Cds any takers? Schipo, only 6,000 of their 90,000 titles are reissues. The rest are originals. |