gmood1
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| VISTA users. I'm not familiar with that unit. Does it require a driver? If so you may need to install it. That or get a USB DAC or USB converter which is recognizable. | |
| VISTA users. I use a USB Dac.So no need for the extra USB converter. I pick USB Audio Device as my default output device in the sound device menu. I have used in the past the Trends Audio UD-10 USB converter. It doesn't need any special drivers installed eithe... | |
| VISTA users. No not necessarily....well maybe. If you do not already have the Sigmatel High Definition CODEC in your sound device menu. You can go here and download the driver. That's if you have an integrated Intel Desktop Board with Sigmatel in your PC. The... | |
| VISTA users. You really do not need extra drivers using Vista. I can connect mine two ways. One using the USB device output in the sound device menu or the Digital output device(spdif).You can select kernel streaming as your output for the playback software yo... | |
| Budget power amp for Promethius TVC and Quad 22L I use an Audio Sector amplifier with 30 dB gain.My speakers are 89dB efficient. It's rare for me to go higher than 12 o'clock on the volume. Average music levels are 10 o'clock.I have two friends who used the Odyssey amplifiers. One used it with Q... | |
| Why are we so passive? The guys out there using speakers with no crossovers are basically using an active configuration. The amplifier is still directly coupled to the driver. Just no amplifier inside the speaker. So there are many using active designs..just not in the ... | |
| Wow Windows Vista sounds sooo much better I like DBpoweramp myself for ripping. It does sound much better than using WMP to rip the music. Give it a try.Not complicated at all from where I sit. Vista into USB DAC using Foobar no upsampling. It is very simple and sounds wonderful too my ears. | |
| Gain Cards and Gain Clones, how do they different Yes the ohms load is critical with the op chip amps. 6 to 8 ohms is prime for these units. Some are built to work well with 4 ohms. The key is a stable load. Don't mate this type of amplifier with a speaker known to have a peaky load. For example ... | |
| Gain Cards and Gain Clones, how do they different Gainclones or Gaincards use a high power op amp chip to power the speakers. Unlike a conventional amplifier that uses transistors like mosfets or bi-polars..etc. There are roughly 9 parts in the signal path of a gain clone or Gaincard. The signal ... | |
| How do I put a DAC to good use? Yeah I thought you planned to go Mac mini to Dac. Here's some adapters Toslink Female to Mini-Plug Male Adapter . Here's another USB converter if you decide to go Mac direct to Dac The USB Thingee. | |
| How do I put a DAC to good use? Trends Audio UD-10 or Hag USB converter. | |
| A useful audio/video decoder: ffdshow You can download just about all the codecs from here Combined Community Codec Pack . I use these to play movies from all over the world. | |
| comfused about ripping? OK if your PC will be in the same room. I would go PC> USB DAC > Home stereo . It is the simplest of the group. No special PC modding needed. It is plug and play.. one usb cable and a USB Dac.. You'll have to configure your preferred player.... | |
| comfused about ripping? It's really your choice to use a sound card or not. You don't need one. You can use an external sound card or USB Dac. I would opt for the external conversion which ever way you go. There are many factors here when choosing a PC. Do you want it fo... | |
| comfused about ripping? Well here's a few to start you off depending on whether using PC or Mac. These sites also provide info on the best players to use. You'll need to configure iTunes(if applicable) to get bit perfect playback, where as the VLC player is supposedly be... |