erik_squires
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| Why a digital media player instead of a dedicated computer? I really wish there was a streamer available today I thought delivered good value and features. The Auralic Aries mini for instance is very close, but offers no Android support, and I honestly don't think they'll ever commit to Android. Everything... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil @volleyguy1 Any time there's oxidation there is the potential ( depends on material ) for it acting resistively or like a tiny diode. This can do a lot of things, including limiting the dynamic range at the low end. Musical decay will get cut off ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil @volleyguy1 Sorry I'm not quite ready to let go of them yet, though I should. I am unpacking and about to create a new listening room so I want to wait until I can re-evaluate the speakers they went into first. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil @dgarettsonDave,Great to know!! Would you mind posting this over at the DIYAudio milti-way forum? We’d love to have this info there too. :) I did notice the Clarity MR’s have a little higher ESR than I was expecting. I suspect a lot of the value i... | |
| ok im opening pandoras box here.(treatment vs framed wall art) +1 for GIK Acoustics.Also, sculpture can act as diffusors. :) If possible, remove the glass or replace with museum quality plexiglass which maintains UV protection but is less rigid, and not as good a reflector. Also, use foam behind the frames to... | |
| Subwoofer hunt The Q control is very useful, but -1 for using amplifier outs. Gives you very little flexibility. I'd rather have control over the high pass and low pass. The real issue subs face isn't the electronics or the speakers, its' the room. Using a miniD... | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. Without knowing the actual implementation, they could use a large-ish buffer and then upsample, but these issues have the same limitations as ASRC. The re-clocker has to constantly try to guess the long term stability of the original source clock ... | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. I kind of hate JRiver, and only moderately despise MediaMonkey. Something about UI designers who are into music.....they are very odd fellows indeed I think. :) So, no JRiver clones for me. I'll have to stick with Logitech Media Server and variou... | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. To make some terms more clear, and take them out of vendor-speak we are talking about the differences between Asynchronous USB (A-USB) and Asynchronous Sample Rate Conversion (ASRC). Usually vendors will call ASRC something like upsampling and re... | |
| Shiit yggdrasil I really likes the Ayre CD player and QB9 except when drivwn by a mac. The Schiit is one of the few dacs that sounds good despite being mac driven.Best,Erik | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. Um, no you dont, but im not intersted in the argument. | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. dtc Upsampling is no panacea. Its much better to get an outboard asynch USB converter than to rely on upsampling. PCs are not real time systems. synchronous usb is very high in jitter which can be made a little better by Asynch. Sample Rate Conv... | |
| LightSpeed USB 2.0 cable The theory is great, but several have reported signal drop outs for unknown reasons. Make sure you can return them if they dont work. An oddity is that they are USB powered. I might have designed them to take external power to ensure reliabilit... | |
| Best Small Floorstanding Speaker under $2K Monitor Audio Silver series | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. The W4S micro Link ( uLink ) however is asynch, and USB 2.0 audio compliant. You can put that between a PC and the Bryston to get much better USB output. I think Byrston eventually released a middle piece too, the Player. Overpriced IMHO .Best,Erik |