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| zune players or ipods And no, there is no way to bypass it and take a digital feed straight to an external DACThere is one way to do this with an iPod, but it'll cost'ya a bit of coin. Using the MSB Link you can accomplish this for $2k. Utterly ridiculous, IMO when you... | |
| waveterminal u24 setup Yes, that is one way to go. You can also go from U24 to DAC via SPDIF (single-ended cable), which is what I do. You also may sometimes need to select the U24 as the output device in your "Sound" Preferences (most times when you plug it in it does ... | |
| Have I damaged my amp? Hmmm, if you turned the volume all the way down and pulled the speaker connection, that in and of itself would not likely damage the amp since there's no signal to the amp. Still, not a good habit to foster. Had you shorted the connections on the ... | |
| Have I damaged my amp? Tube amps are never to be driven with no load on the outputs.This has been my understanding too. It's always a good policy to shut it down, give it about 30 seconds to bleed off any residual charge, and then do your changes in wiring. Never run a ... | |
| Recommended one make systems? What an odd question. Why are you inclined to stick with one brand throughout? I'd agree that there are no magic brands that go from front to back. Among those that come close, I'd point to Cary, but you would have to look for a used pair of the s... | |
| recommended reading Do not read any of the propaganda. It's all opinion. Your ears hear differently than anyone else's. Don't forget that and just trust them. If you read anything, read the forums here on the Gon.Harley's book is pretty matter-of-fact about foundatio... | |
| recommended reading The Complete Guide to Hi End Audio, by Robert Harley covers the basics pretty well.Marco | |
| iPod to a Benchmark Media DAC-1 D/A In the interest of full disclosure, I am a MSB dealer, and made this decision in a large part due to the release of the iLink. The iPod as a transport is an extremely capable device. Since you did choose to be a dealer; out of curiosity, Ron, what... | |
| iPod to a Benchmark Media DAC-1 D/A The only way to do it correctly is the bottom port connector and not the headphone jack..The bottom port connector will only bypass the ipods crappy op-amp for the headphones. It will not, however, provide a digital output (which is what the origi... | |
| iPod to a Benchmark Media DAC-1 D/A The only company I'm aware of that does claim to accomplish that is MSB Technology. The cost? A cool $2k...may as well get a laptop and a USB DAC for that price. Perhaps the price will come down with time.Marco | |
| Best "RedBook" player out there The best way to spend your $3000, IMO, is to invest it into a hard-drive based system, not into a redbook CD player. More bang for the buck. Greater versatility, and arguably equal or better performance depending on the DAC you use. Your entire CD... | |
| "Great RCA interconnects under $100?" Do you think I should try to improve the system by finding cables which may help me improve the system further. Assuming of course that I can? I fear if I find a more 'neutral cable' it will reveal some shortcoming in my 'matching' and I have to ... | |
| "Great RCA interconnects under $100?" Now a reality check: unless you have the same components & speakers as the original recording studio, then your system will never sound exactly the same. This is where HiFi systems become subjective, since the aim is to put a system together t... | |
| Has iTunes, etc. impacted your listening habits? Good post, Sfar! I'll add a bit more for those who might want to understand a something more about the various formats. As Sfar points out, you can have a verbatim copy of the information on the shiny silver discs placed upon your hard drive in AI... | |
| Has iTunes, etc. impacted your listening habits? I seems that most prefer an external hard drive for storing music. Is this a preferance over just adding more memory to your Apple Computer?You wouldn't be adding "memory", but you'd need to add more storage space (a larger hard drive). There is n... |