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| Windows 7 or 8 64 bit for music only Depends on driver availability. If you are planning on using a USB DAC and USB 2.0 driver is needed.All window version requires additional USB 2.0 driver. Apple OS does support USB 2.0.If you are planning on using a Co-ax output, might need to mak... | |
| Need budget HT Receiver with extreme convenience Marantz 4003 might work for you. 5003 would fit perfectly but it's slightly higher than your budget. I purchased a 5003 new for $600 during a sale. | |
| Can I connect directly to a receiver's DAC ? IMO, it's not easy to compare outboard DAC to internal DAC inside the receiver.Internal DAC has the benefit of having direct connection to preamp/amp stage without going through additional connector/cables. A secondary benefit with today's surroun... | |
| Has used prices of gear droppd, due to economy Getting finacial advice from people who spend >$100 for a pair of RCA cables is not the smartest thing.IMO, buy what you want when you can afford it. If you can't afford it, your credit card company will soon let you know anyway. | |
| Blu Ray from the HTPC I have been thinking about getting a HTPC with Blu-ray, but it's not clear to me how HTPC handles new audio format.How do you decode and output TrueHD or new DTS-HD format on a HTPC to a receiver? Is it converted to Multi-ch PCM? | |
| newbie with basic question, please One question. Is everythng in the same room? Big hard drive tends to be noisy.If the HD is in another room, need to make sure your network is fast enough to do what you need. Wired or wifi. Consider Wifi-N router with a NAS connect directly to it ... | |
| Sending music to DAC wireless vs wired Did not know that isolation transformers are used in the digital input. I thought it can be used rather easily in the power supply but anyone can do that cheaply.I figure that most of media players have rather inexpensive computer power supply so ... | |
| Sending music to DAC wireless vs wired That's probably not a good question to ask then if you are concerned about electrical isolation. That depends much more on the exact DAC and interface used from media player/HTPC -> DAC. For a simplified example, toslink automatically removed t... | |
| Sending music to DAC wireless vs wired Depending on bandwidth, distance and network type. If the wireless router is fairly far way or going through many walls, signal will drop enough and there will be some drop outs.If the network is full of other traffic like downloading large files ... | |
| Are you buying blu-ray versions of older movies? Yes. I want to get Godfather trilogy and Band of Brothers for starters on Bluray. Maybe Dirty Harry series. Maybe a few more classics if the transfer is from original film.I just hope the transfer does not include tons of digital enhancement and e... | |
| Apple vs PC for Music System HTPC takes a lot of tweaking to set up correctly. A lot of work around is required. Check out AVS forum for more details. It's very annApple solution is simplier, more expensive and most likely less powerful than most HTPC at the same price point.... | |
| Apple TV vs. Mini vs, Sonos For AppleTV,If you don't have a TV in the room, another option is hook up a small 19" LCD monitor with DVI input. Just need a short HDMI-> DVI cable.For external storage, it's possible to hook up a larger drive directly to AppleTV but it will r... | |
| what do i really need 1080p for? You can buy a cheap 720p TV now and use it as a second TV later in a year or two. By then, it would be relatively cheap.Save money now and enjoy. Then get the 1080p/bluray in a year when it looks better.I have both 60" 720P (master bedroom) and 60... | |
| Apple TV vs. Mini vs, Sonos Another option for Apple TV display is to use a small LCD monitor w/ DVI/HDCP monitor. Then take a HDMI->DVI output.If video feature is needed sometimes, get a HDMI/DVI splitter. One goes to TV and one goes the monitor.Sonos has a product but t... | |
| Word of advice on upgraditis improvements Anthem is a great preamp IMO. Just wish it had HDMI 1.3 upgrade option. Considering getting a sub at the same time as the amp. You will be able to live with a small multi-channel amp as a result. I had Anthem MCA-5 w/ Anthem AVM20 and I don't thin... |