hdomke
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| DAC with a Balance Control - Does on exist? What about a software solution to control balance. I hear that "Pure Music" can control balance on my Mac. That way I could keep my Benchmark DAC. | |
| DAC with a Balance Control - Does on exist? Tarsando, you wrote: "Benchmark makes a DAC now that has volume and balance"Do you know the model number? Regarding the "Why" do I want a balance control the quote by Daverz summarizes the reasons perfectly. I am picky and I want the sound positio... | |
| Best DAC that has a balance control Sidssp suggests "why don't you just adjust balance in the Mac?"How can I do that? Currently I am using iTunes as the software to drive the system.Is there a way to control balance in the software?Thanks,Henry | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Well, I have picked my speakers, and they are not the Beolab 5s.I love the idea of the B&O speakers, but on careful listening, I have to say that the B&W 800D speakers appeal to me more. Granted, with proper amplification they are about tw... | |
| Is this a reasonable Audiophile Mac-based Server? Synthfreak (and others),There seems to be many of you who feel that a wireless network just won't give the same level of performance that you can get from real wire. To explore this option, I've assembled a "Plan B" and put it up on the website. Y... | |
| Is this a reasonable Audiophile Mac-based Server? Synthfreak,I'm still a little confused why everyone insists on going wireless instead of getting a Mac Mini, a dac & a huge hard driveThat is certainly a simpler solution than the complexity that I have cooked up. But I was basing mine on exis... | |
| Is this a reasonable Audiophile Mac-based Server? Ckorody, ... but if I were after the ultimate I would take both the wireless and the Toslink out of the design, wireless first.I could run an ethernet cable from the Apple Xserve RAID directly to a Mac in my listening room. From the Mac I could us... | |
| Is this a reasonable Audiophile Mac-based Server? Sammie, good grief that's a lot of TB's! Do you have the fmaily movie collection on that thing? No, I'm a visual artist. All my art is stored on there. Here is a link to my galleries. the weak link in your system is the AE. Even with DAC, it is no... | |
| Is this a reasonable Audiophile Mac-based Server? Restock,I called Benchmark's technical support and spoke to them at length about your assertion that USB is superior to Toslink coming out of the Airport Express. They assured me repeatedly that Toslink would be "identical" to USB. That allows me ... | |
| Revel Salon 2 vs. B&W 800D - Compare and Contrast I did critical testing of the two speakers today. We spend one-and-a-half hours in well equipped listening rooms in New York City. And the winner...My wife and I agreed that the B&W sounded the best... By far...The Revel speakers were much mor... | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? Ckorody,Thanks for your ideas! It is helping to clear some of the confusion I have about turning my Mac into an Audiophile quality music server. I guess the complicated nature of it is why people would want to use a proprietary system. If I bought... | |
| Revel Salon 2 vs. B&W 800D - Compare and Contrast Kentchai,I am confused by your post. On the one hand you say the B&W is the best you have heard, and they you say "I am not a fan of B&W speakers" | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? Rbstehno,Thanks for your answers. If I could go farther with my questioning: "1. get the best dac you can afford."I was thinking about the $2,500 Bel Canto e.One DAC3 D/A processor. It has a volume control, so that a Preamp would be unnecessary. I... | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? This is a great discussion, but it has left me with a few questions.If anyone could help me out with these as I go about turning my Mac into a "Music Server" I would appreciate it. 1. What is the right DAC to get?2. What is the right format to imp... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies OxiaTo place an omni speaker three feet from a corner where the side-wall is made of a highly reflective material like glass is nothing short of a disaster.Im not sure if it matters, but I dont believe the Beolab 5s would properly be called an... |