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| Jeff Rowland Aeris and Playback Designs MPD-3 Haven't heard the Meitner DAC. I didn't search it out for 2 reasons: it does not process DSD and the designer of the Playback gear Andreas Koch designed all of the Meitner gear(as well as other landmark gear for Studer Revox and Sony, among others... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris and Playback Designs MPD-3 Just my 2 cents. I dont see anywhere where the Aeris is a DSD DAC so no, it would not process a DSD stream. I also know of no SACD transport at present that puts out data that can be read by a consumer DAC other than the proprietary offerings by E... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris and Playback Designs MPD-3 I have not heard the Aeris and I recently purchased the Playback Designs MPD-3. I did quite a bit of research and previously owned a Berkeley Alpha DAC prior to the Playback Designs DAC. One reason I did not consider the Aeris was it tops out at 2... | |
| Glass v.s. Plastic Toslink Yes, absolutely! A great example is to think of your car window and lets pretend for a moment an angry girlfriend just tossed a brick through your windshield. Now, you have two choices: a clear trash bag affixed with duct tape OR a new glass winds... | |
| Thoughts about the new MacMini & Lion OS Mach2Music,Thanks for the reply and I understand your position. I built a software company from scratch and sold it 10 years later in 1995. There was never a day in my business where I wasn't worried what IBM or Microsoft would do. Back then, we c... | |
| Thoughts about the new MacMini & Lion OS I find the response from Mach2Music a bit odd. I have found through the years that Apple is extraordinary in delivering beta versions of the next gen OS to developers well ahead of public release. It is to everyone's benefit for applications to pa... | |
| great bookshelf speakers vs 12-18 k floor speakers Bookshelf speakers are visually smaller but the facts are that with appropriate stands, the footprint is similar. With that disclaimer, a good pair of monitors, depending on your placement options, can be easier to integrate with your room. If you... | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player Bit perfect downloads are the future and the future is here. Everyone seems to make the assumption that the decline curve of the cd will mirror that of the LP and settle at some predetermined flat line. I don't believe that assumption will play ou... | |
| Need a Speaker Recommendation Check out the Neat Petite III monitors currently listed for sale here. I have no affiliation to the seller or Neat but they are a really cool little monitor and a lot of speaker for the money. They would grow with you when you decide to upgrade fr... | |
| Devore Gibbon 3XLs: anyone have these? If you are comparing the p3esr with the devore 3xl you are comparing apples and oranges. The devore is in another league....more comparable to the compact 7 or the shl5, both of which are front ported. Just an FYI. | |
| usb dac for hi-end system The Ayre is a very good USB dac but it is not the end of story. You need to listen to several in your system. The Ayre is optimized to run on USB and only offers a USB input. The technology Ayre utilizes is licensed from Wavelength which was a sma... | |
| usb dac for hi-end system Cerrot, the blanket statement that you made about "music should be streamed not packets" is mistaken. Data is transmitted in packets, blocks or other groupings, whether through FireWire, USB or wireless and is buffered, it's not music until the co... | |
| usb dac for hi-end system Emre,I took a look at your system and you have an awesome DAC in the DCS. Your best bet at this time if you have a Mac would be to get the Wavelength Wavelink USB to SPDIF and then plug into your DCS. That is a $900 US solution, and he includes ca... | |
| Applications of USB 3.0 in Music Storage. Since you a having a computer built, it certainly sounds like you are veering down the pc/Microsoft OS avenue. If that is the case, you will want to research a bit more. For instance, below is a link to a pci card which outputs 24/192 via an aes/e... | |
| speakers close to the back wall ? Obviously all rooms and all speakers require careful matching. AN/e's are quite balanced in my room....a bit more than a foot or so from my front wall. Large room 20' x 30' brick one side, glass the other.....horses for courses. |