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| Mac Laptop & Sound Cards Soundcards are a PC thing. Your Mac is self-contained. Are you unhappy with the sound you are getting? Which format are you using for the songs you have loaded from your own CDs? Remember that the songs you download from iTunes are lower resolutio... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Revising previous post with a third option...Dumb question, but, hypothetically, which would be better:(1) USB out of my Mac --> USB input on Benchmark DAC1 USB, or (2) USB out of my Mac --> Empirical Audio device that converts USB to SPDIF ... | |
| Amazing James Randi? I can see why Randi objected to networked cables. Fremer wouldn't consider an alternative? | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Dumb question, but, hypothetically, which would be better:(1) USB out of my Mac --> USB input on Benchmark DAC1 USB, or (2) USB out of my Mac --> Empirical Audio device that converts USB to SPDIF --> coax digital input on DAC1? Or am I mi... | |
| DAC Recommendations How old's your Mac? If you have one of the new ones with an Intel chip, you can run the TacT software on it. Or, as Chazzbo suggests, get a cheap used Windows laptop and away you go. | |
| the paradox of accurate speakers I had never heard the term "barn boys," so I Googled it. Yikes! | |
| Audioengine speakers According to the Stereophile review, it's a pair of speakers, not a single unit.I would be especially curious to know how it stacks up against the NHT M-00's. | |
| iMac Sound Quality Kana, Monster sells a bunch of things called iCable for iPod connection. Can you identify the specific model you are using from Macbook to DAC? | |
| the paradox of accurate speakers Listening to music is a subjective experience, like drinking wine or eating ice cream. There is no 'accurate' in wine tasting or ice cream eating, why would you look for it in music? It's not the drinking of wine that is subjective, it's the enjoy... | |
| ac cables falling out of IEC inlets on amps I now believe that the connectors and a vise-like junction is more important than the wire contained within the cordI hve not experiemented, but that makes a lot of sense to me. Maybe I'll try a PS Audio power cord. | |
| ac cables falling out of IEC inlets on amps This problem really pisses me off. We spend all this money on power cords only to have compromised connections. What's the net effect of that?Some manufacturer needs to step up with a serious solution to this. | |
| Beating the RVG Horse Good analysis, knownothing, and I'd say your handle is a misnomer for sure.I wonder if RVG simply does not deserve to be canonized as he has been. He engineered recordings of a lot of truly great music made during an extraordinary period of time, ... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective The author's revised version comes to such different conclusions it is impossible to even imagine what w going on. I mean, the Ayre went from last to first? What's the explanation for that? | |
| music recommendations If you like RVW, you might also like Gerald Finzi. | |
| yet another KAB mod question Another question for all you Technics experts: are there any cartridges you would NOT recommend for use with the SL1200 tonearm? For example, I have a Benz L2, a Denon 103R, and a Koetsu Black. Will I get good performance from each of those on a K... |