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| DAC connection to PC with USB I'm no PC Geek, in fact, I'm not even a fan. I much prefer a Mac. In your Windows XP control panel you should have an Icon for "Sound, Speech and Audio Devices"...that's where your settings live. If you double click that you should be able to find... | |
| Mac vs. PC differences to Airport Express? Toslink is a digital interface and is not audio it is pure digital read off the disk converted to "light pipe" and shipped out, thats it, only data ready to be read by a down stream device. I did not say it was an audio signal, did I? I'm not sure... | |
| Mac vs. PC differences to Airport Express? If you can swing the coin, I'd go with one of Steve's routes over the simple converters. A good friend whose ears I respect heard a demo of the PaceCar at a show and was very impressed. If you have to go with a less expensive option for now, most ... | |
| Where to find Taiyo Yuden discs I get mine at The Super Media Store. If a disc is a 52X disc it should have no problem burning at a slower speed.Marco | |
| Mac vs. PC differences to Airport Express? Marco and Jax2: I know the Mac platform is solid for USB out. I have an old Mac iBook I could use for that config, or I could buy Windows Vista and stick with my PC. I want to stick with iTunes. I've read that Foobar and ASIO are too much of a hea... | |
| Mac vs. PC differences to Airport Express? The MAC mini has an optical output that is fantastic and plugged into a good DAC is all you need.Personally, I would not allow the S/PDIF conversion to be done inside a computer. If you use the Toslink on the MacMini or their towers or laptops the... | |
| Mac vs. PC differences to Airport Express? Do yourself a big favor and take the Airport Express out of the equation. Yes, either get a USB converter, or get a USB DAC (which essentially puts the converter in the box). I've tried getting good sound from an AE but could not (flat, narrow sou... | |
| How Do You Organize Your Music? If you have not already, read Nick Hornby's book, High Fidelity. The movie adaptation of that book is not bad either. The main character goes through some, well, issues around organizing his LP's. Great book! Jack Black is hilarious in the film.Marco | |
| Question re input Sensitivity and 110 db speakers I doubt you will need an attenuator or padding of any kind, though it certainly is an option. I've used powerful amps with 104db LaScalas and had no such problems as you're anticipating. My friend was running a 200wpc Mac amp with Khorns which hav... | |
| Does your system sound better or worse? Bbro - that reminds me of that Tom Waits tune from Small Change titled, "The Piano has been Drinking (not me)":The piano has been drinkingmy necktie is asleepand the combo went back to New Yorkthe jukebox has to take a leakand the carpet needs a h... | |
| Does your system sound better or worse? I always have a designated listener, and they tell me it sounds pretty damn good. Friends don't let friends listen drunk. Please, hand over your remote if you plan on having more than one or two drinks tonight. Your family and neighbors will thank... | |
| Merlin VSM and SETs? Per JohnK; I'd agree; if you try SET do it right. Matching the speakers to the amps are absolutely critical with low-powered SET - don't bother with those 89db sensitivity Merlins if that's what you are considering. The combination does not sound ... | |
| Best sounding solution for Ipod All the iPod solutions but one still rely upon the less than stellar iPod DAC to convert the digits. Even the RedWine line-output option (which I believe renders the headphone jack useless (converts it to line-out), still uses the internal DAC. Th... | |
| Mac Leopard, iTunes, apple lossless best backup What's wrong with Time Machine?Just check out a few of the discussions here. Nothing is "wrong" with TimeMachine as a concept. But if you go to the Apple discussion forums you will come across a whole lot of reports from early on where folks had l... | |
| most annoying neighbor? Years ago in college I went had a dorm neighbor who was mostly deaf but did have partial hearing (we shared a campus with an excellent school for the deaf, which was otherwise a very rewarding experience). My neighbor was a big fan of Hendrix and ... |