indianears

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How much are your speakers toed in?
Have Loved the sound from my speakers (Revel Ultima Saloons) toed in just a wee bit... approx 15 degrees. Loved the deep soundstage, relaxed yet detailed presentation.Have recently been experimenting with a sharp toe-in pointing to my ears at the ... 
External DAC and Theta Casablanca II
I was blown away a few months ago, with Foobar playing (thru USB) into an Empirical Audio USB to SPDIF Converter, which in turn fed a Theta GenVII.Bettered an AR CD player by FAR (to my ears) 
Weiss Dac2/Minerva?
About a month ago, I got a home demo of the Minerva, fed from my IMac running the Apple OS & iTunes.Frankly, I was disappointed.The sound did not match that of my CD player, which is nothing esoteric... an Electrocompaniet EC-1 Upsampling... :-( 
usb dac
Wavelenght.The best USB DAC sound I have hear was from an Empirical USB to SPDIF feeding a Theta Gen VIIThat was the ONLY time that I experienced a USB sound source bettering a CD Player( It was the AR CD Player).Your Milage May vary ;-) 
Another stupid iTunes question
I'm only gussing, its the dreaded DRM ( Digital Rights Management) that allows paid downloads to be used ONLY by the library / device they were downloaded into.Your home ripped albums should always show up, on both computers