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| USB DACs with 24/192 via USB Hey Rene - thanks for the links. I'll check them out when I get home. I'm just getting out of a Cowboy Junkies concert! I can guess what the gist of the content of those threads might be. I won't go any further than that here, but to suggest, as I... | |
| USB DACs with 24/192 via USB I think you might be able to buy the issue as a .pdf online. I'll encapsulate what the issue has to say via two reviewers, FWIW: USB is an inferior interface, even using the better USB>SPDIF converters (which in the one reviewers estimation amo... | |
| Impossible? Small towers, efficient, musical, loud Another very positive change would be to move your cabinet to the short wall and leave the speakers on the long wall. That may not be possible, but it would be ideal to have nothing in between your speakers. I still feel 10' apart in that room dim... | |
| Impossible? Small towers, efficient, musical, loud You mentioned that your ceiling is vaulted. Is the listening position under the short side or the tall side? It sounds like you have absorption panels behind the speakers. Have you tried diffusion instead?In my room I am 8 feet from the speakers a... | |
| Impossible? Small towers, efficient, musical, loud I have a room that is very similar to yours. I cannot speak for rock as I'm not really a fan, but I use very efficient Coincident Super Eclipse III's which I feel are well suited to the room. One suggestion; have you tried bringing your speakers c... | |
| How to tell if Acoustic Treatment is Needed? Shadorne is 100% correct. You should move your listening chair away from the back wall. Try getting about 6 feet away from the speakers. So your ears might be 3 feet from the back wall and the front of the speakers 3 feet from that wall. Give that... | |
| USB DACs with 24/192 via USB The other background fact here is that my PC server is 60 feet away from my audio rig.My server is two floor below my rig in my basement. I use a Modwright Transporter, which is an outstanding wireless server using an AKM DAC. You can also wire it... | |
| USB DACs with 24/192 via USB I'm pretty sure the Weiss Minerva Firewire DAC can support that sample rate via Firewire. I think the USB bus runs at 12mhz which limits throughput to 44.1K or redbook. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. | |
| USB DACs with 24/192 via USB A great article that was severely flawed by the absence of Gordon Rankin's Asynchronous USB interface. This is what most of us wanted to hear about, and TAS dropped the ball.Agreed; Rankin's technology should have been included. I wish they'd also... | |
| How to tell if Acoustic Treatment is Needed? Great suggestions and resources here for treatment. Ken, I'd have to agree that glass behind your head is a big no-no for optimum sound, but again, if it ain't broke...That said, yes, get rid of the glass and replace it with some sort of diffusion... | |
| Classical SACD recomendation Plenty of stuff out there. If you like Beethoven, there's a great cycle of his symphonies (incomplete) on Hybrid SACD (RCA Red Label) by the conductor Paavo Jarvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. I particularly like the very athletic ve... | |
| 5AR4 rectifier tubes - Chinese or Russian? By the way, Kevin Deal said he'd spend his money on the 12AU7s and 12AX7s and not worry about expensive rectifiers,Kevin knows what he's talking about and I would pay attention if I were you. Prima Luna are his product line and he knows them as go... | |
| How to tell if Acoustic Treatment is Needed? I have a room very similar in size/volume to yours. Mine is 12X24 with a ceiling sloping from 7 to 11 feet and a more vaulted ceiling at one end away from the system where the room is wider. Speakers are 8 feet from listening position on the long ... | |
| 5AR4 rectifier tubes - Chinese or Russian? A third knod to Mullard / Blackburn NOS. Expensive, but worth it and will likely last long. Buy from a reputable seller, like Upscale, Vintage or The Tube Store. A rebranded Mullard should be $75-85/tube last time I checked and could be branded as... | |
| Most Peaceful Music you've Heard or Own Most of the older ambient music series by Brian Eno, a favorite among those would be Discreet Music. Nick Drake would do it for me to. I'm on board with Tobias for peacing out to Arvo Part's Alina, or Brahems Paws of the Black Cat - both are super... |