drubin
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| Most transparent amp you've heard? FWIW, I've have come to use the word transparency with a fairly literal definition: the ability to see what comes before it. The more transparent a component is, the more I will be able to observe differences as changes are made ahead of it in the... | |
| Most transparent amp you've heard? What do you mean by "transparent"? It's a very inconsistently used term among audiophiles, in my experience. | |
| Cd recorder continuation It depends what you mean by a CD recorder. If you use your computer to burn the CD, you don't need one of those music-only discs. Which, by the way, have nothing at all to do with quality or performance. They are priced higher because you are payi... | |
| inserting new component--predictable results? A component that, when added to your system, makes some of your recordings sound better will surely make some others sound worse. Twas ever thus! | |
| Bybee Speaker Bullets? While I don't profess to know what makes these things or the Walker HDLs tick, I think the two are fundamentally different and not two approaches to the same thing. In response to someone's comment above. | |
| Opinions on Walker High Definition Links Has anyone compared the Mark III HDLs with the Reference HDLs? And had anyone compared HDLs with any of Jack Bybee's devices? | |
| Any insight with the Berkeley Alpha DAC ..?? Thanks Steve. I look forward to seeing those products at RMAF. I assume you'll provide pointers to brands and room as the date approaches? | |
| Ripping Speed? Wave Files/Sound Quality >Squeezebox and an external Lavry DA10 DACThat's exactly what I'm running right now. | |
| Any insight with the Berkeley Alpha DAC ..?? Thanks Steve. There are an increasing number of USB-capable DACs out today, including the Benchmark, the Bel Canto, PS Audio, and several Wavelength models. At least for the first three, my impression is that their USB inputs are not exactly setti... | |
| Ripping Speed? Wave Files/Sound Quality Thanks, very clear and helpful. And I'm sorry to be so dense about this, but would EAC be meaningfully better at capturing the data of an audio CD than, say, iTunes, which also rips at whatever speed it needs and uses error correction?All of this ... | |
| Any insight with the Berkeley Alpha DAC ..?? Steve, is there any inherent advantage to any of the three approaches? Specifically, on a Mac, one could go out via any of the three -- USB, Firewire, or S/PDIF via the optical out. Which is better? And for the future, when we can hopefully expect... | |
| Ripping Speed? Wave Files/Sound Quality Sorry, I still don't get it. Why put forth all that effort if it doesn't make any difference? You said, "data programs - which are not allowed ANY errors during the installation read - have no problem installing at high speed if the disk isn't dam... | |
| Ripping Speed? Wave Files/Sound Quality My question is this: if ripping speed doesn't matter and bit-perfect copying is assured so long as you rip with error correction, then why are so many audiophiles intent on using Exact Audio Copy and why does the Nova Physics Memory Player tout it... | |
| Any insight with the Berkeley Alpha DAC ..?? I think you need the sound card in order to pass the 24/192 in all its glory. | |
| Marten Coltrane Alto speakers penible? |