garbo
Responses from garbo
| RME ADI-2 DAC FS is it "All That", especially for under $2,000? + I need to connect 2 Macs, but there is only one USB socket. I am thinking about 2 possibilities. I already have an external USB to SPDIF converter (a Hag USB), so could connect one source via Coax. Alternatively I get a hub, to connect both sour... | |
| RME ADI-2 DAC FS is it "All That", especially for under $2,000? I just received a new RME DAC today, am running it balanced, in bypass mode and it has impressed out of the box, without adjustment. I would be interested to hear suggestions for adjustments. | |
| Improvement over iBook as a front end Yes, I ended up buying a new DAC, the RME ADI 2, which includes jitter control and re-clocking. Even my wife said it sounds better, so it must be true. | |
| Does a modern pre-amp sound better than an old one? Just to let you know that I ended up ordering a new DAC, the new version of the RME ADI-2 DAC. It has balanced outs and can feed through the Primare in by-pass mode. Thanks for your comments. | |
| Does a modern pre-amp sound better than an old one? Thanks. Listening would of course be best, but is limited by access to hardware. If DACs have improved, and the rest of the processor not, maybe it makes sense to buy a new external DAC rather than an entire processor. Not being able to listen bef... | |
| Does a modern pre-amp sound better than an old one? Thanks. As the processor includes a DAC, I would like to include the question of whether DAC´s have improved over the last 20 years. If so, should one invest in a modern DAC and place that before the old pre-amp? | |
| new interface/front-end for audiophile system thanks. tagging is not an issue for me. i'm using itunes and apple lossless; thought that was equivalent to aiff, just more space-efficient? | |
| new interface/front-end for audiophile system all sorts of stuff: classical; rock; jazz, i.e. want it to sound good with bach, led zeppelin & charlie parker! | |
| new interface/front-end for audiophile system thanks. i might try pure music etc., but initially they seem to me like snake oil, like most things that purport to act before the DAC. | |
| new interface/front-end for audiophile system thanks for the replies. the problem is resolved but still want to consider a new system. (the music worked straight from the external hard disc; the pauses only happened once itunes was used. i have changed the hard disc and itunes now appears to ... | |
| which external hard disc for music storage? hi, i posted the original question. thanks for all the advice. for information, i opted for 2 x 500gB LaCie hard drives (one as archive), as these were on offer at a good price! they run warm but are quiet. music quality is to my ears indistiguish... | |
| digital connection from computer to pre-amp thanks for the advice. i have now ordered a HagUSB. |