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| Using a CDP to copy a cd to computer That's right Ejliu. In the iTunes prefs, go to the Importing pane. At the bottom is a checkbox, "Use error correction when reading Audio CDs". I leave it checked on my Mac, very little slowdown. On the PC I use, though, it slows ripping to an abso... | |
| Using a CDP to copy a cd to computer There is no version of EAC for the Mac OS. Surprised no one's created their own, but I sure haven't found it if it's out there. Easy way to check accuracy is to rip a WAV/AIFF track and create an MD5 checksum. Re-rip the same track, create another... | |
| Mini Mac as audio server? I've set up my iBook back-to-back with a PowerBook (11g) and still gotten the same ballpark speed. I agree this seems super-slow. No cordless phones around, no WiFi signal, etc. Haven't really tried channel-surfing for a better speed. But then, Mb... | |
| Mini Mac as audio server? 11b iBook sitting about 6 feet from the Airport, direct line of sight, still super slow. A little less than 1MB/sec, I think. With a 800MB folder of FLAC files, that's gonna take a while.Great thread over at Ars about HD playback on various Mac sy... | |
| Mini Mac as audio server? How-to at Engadget as well:http://features.engadget.com/entry/1234000057028826/Several new websites trying to create a home theater software package to use with the Mac mini. Hopefully they'll actually get some programmers and not just people send... | |
| Mini Mac as audio server? In-store yesterday with a Mac mini 1.42 w/512 RAM, I took it to task. iTunes playing music, large-size visualizer, QT playing back a trailer, Photoshop Elements 3 rasterizing a PDF, and me goofing around in Pages. With this little RAM, switching b... | |
| Mini Mac as audio server? Well, I'm talking beyond my knowledge here, but I haven't seen a computer upsample to 24/96. If you've had really good results with oversampling compared with 16/44, maybe that's worth considering. Also, if you're ripping a CD at 48x, your bit ord... | |
| Apogee Mini DAC versus Grace M902? From what I understand, even though USB can support only a fraction of Firewire's bandwidth, USB features buffering on both ends to ensure bit order, which Firewire/USB2 do not. Lesser bitrate, but no jitter/twitter/flitter to deal with either. Ma... | |
| What USB DACs are available today and... That's wavelengthaudio.com | |
| Mini Mac as audio server? Depends what else is happening on the network and what kind of files you're sending. If you're playing back uncompressed audio and grabbing a couple shows from easytree.org, you'll probably have some problems. Can I ask why you're still buying a C... | |
| Besides the soundcard.... does the computer itself It really takes very little computing horsepower to play back audio, especially if you aren't doing any fanciness with equalizers or crossfades. But if you're using your machine for heavy number-crunching and playing audio files at the same time, ... | |
| Converting MP3 files for the new iPod Shuffle The iPod shuffle does play MP3 files, if that's what you mean by "convert". Using the same files and the same headphones, I don't expect you'd find much difference in sound quality. Apple generally gets good ratings for playback quality, but if yo... | |
| Mini Mac as audio server? Definitely no room for a PCI card in the mini, or in any other recent Mac besides a tower. Firewire and USB are the only way out. I have a Tascam US-122 (USB) that I use for a little home recording. Works fine for recording demos and messing aroun... | |
| GMA Callisto feedback Green Mountain Audio I've heard great raves about the GMA Europas, but I haven't heard them in person. Heard great raves about some Magnepans and actually heard some (12 & 3.6) that really knocked me out. Haven't heard anyone weigh in who's listened to both. The M... |