hgeifman
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| Computer based system. Need advice on DAC. Please see the MUSICAL FIDELITY - M1DAC-A DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER. List price is $799 and Music Direct has them on sale for $499. The M1 has multiple inputs and sounds very nice. | |
| Audio out to RCA input on new Sony TV's? Dbphd: My problem is solved. I purchased the Musical Fidelity M1 DAC and run a coaxial cable from my Sony BDP-S6500 Blu-Ray player to the MD M1 DAC. Since the MD M1 DAc is "balanced", I can run balanced interconnects from the M! DAC to my Ayre AX-... | |
| Comments on Ayre AX-7e+External DAC vs Hegel H160 Thanks for your above suggestion regarding the Music Hall 599 DAC. It was on my list.Since my Ayre AX-7e amp is balanced, I wanted a balanced DAC priced under $500. After weeks of searching, I purchased the Musical Fidelity M1 DAC. This is an $800... | |
| Question RE: Mac does not detect Ayre QB-9 DAC As I noted above, I picked my repaired Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC last Friday (6/5/15) and it sounds wonderful. Ayre confirmed the problem with the QB-9 was a board-to-board connection.I quickly discovered my QB-9 would NOT go into sleep mode when I turned... | |
| Recommend a good optical spdif/toslink converter? Music Hall DAC feature list:3 digital inputs (usb, optical, coaxial)1 digital output (coaxial) converts usb and optical digital input signals to coaxial digital output1 pair (rca) analog outputssuperior Texas Instruments (Burr-Brown) PCM 1796 24... | |
| Recommend a good optical spdif/toslink converter? Is the Music Hall DAC 15.2 what you are looking for?http://musichallaudio.com/dac15-2/"The Music Hall DAC15.2 ($299) IS A three input SOLID-STATE DIGITAL TO analog converter. ITS THE IDEAL SOLUTION FOR CONVERTING DIGITAL SIGNALS TO ANALOG OUTPUT". | |
| Question RE: Mac does not detect Ayre QB-9 DAC My Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC has been repaired by Ayre and I picked it up today.It was shipped to the factory on May 6 and returned today, June 5. We tested it at the dealer to ensure it works. It does. I am very happy to get it back. | |
| Audio out to RCA input on new Sony TV's? Dbphd: I totally agree. The problem is the Ayre AX-7e integrated amplifier ONLY has balanced (XLR) and RCA input jacks. Unfortunately, the Ayre amplifier does not have HDMI or coaxial inputs.While I prefer to get high quality sound from my blu-ray... | |
| Audio out to RCA input on new Sony TV's? Another problem I had was that my Sony BDP-S6500 Blu-Ray player (new model priced at $129 at Best Buy) does NOT have RCA output jacks. Unfortunately, the newer blu-ray players do NOT have RCA jacks. In my case, I used the HDMI cable to my TV (Vide... | |
| Audio out to RCA input on new Sony TV's? As I understand it, you need to get the analog audio TV output into your preamp with the best quality audio possible.As was stated by Rbrowne above, I also take the RCA output from my cable box to my Ayre integrated amplifier. I use an HDMI cable ... | |
| Need a source to play Websites w/o a computer? As I noted above, the Magnum Dynalab Internet tuners (all 3 models) allow you to create and organize your favorite list of stations via an Internet Radio Portal website. The Frontier Silicon radio portal (free) is an Internet network provider that... | |
| Need a source to play Websites w/o a computer? Magnum Dynalab Internet tuners allow you to enter any URL for streaming. See:http://www.internetradiotuner.netYou may need to copy the above link into your browser. | |
| Convert Sony blu-ray player Coaxial to RCA Agreed. Over the last few weeks, I discovered that most, if not all, new blu-ray players do not have RCA jacks on the back of the unit. I did not know the reasons. As noted above, it seems, most connections are being made using HDMI.I am not longe... | |
| Cable Box to Ayre AX-7e amp RCA to XLR Adapter Zd542: Thanks. My Ayre AX-7e integrated amplifier is balanced. Most people feel the Ayre sounds better when using balanced inputs (XLR). The cable box is not a balanced unit (RCA outputs).Its been suggested I need to use a transformer between the ... | |
| Question RE: Mac does not detect Ayre QB-9 DAC My dealer connected my Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC to their MAC computer and it also failed to detect the QB-9 DAC (using a different USB cable). This is an exact duplication of the problem I had using my MAC Computer. We checked the fuses and they were oka... |