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| Basic Question: What is Needed to use a DAC? To use a dac, the playback device must have a 'digital out'. For your PC, you can use a USB port for digital out, but the dac must have a USB input - increasingly popular among newer dacs. | |
| Triplanar madness I tell u, madness Madness? Madness??THIS IS AUDIOGON!!!!sorry, couldn't resist.... | |
| Audiophile Wallpaper... the digital kind eBay is another place, but a good pic would be harder to find. | |
| High power amplifier and small speakers?? A low-powered amp is more likely to damage the tweeters than a high powered one. The reason is Clipping distortion, caused by reaching the maximum positive/negative voltage of the power supply on high volume settings. This causes a waveform high i... | |
| Voltage fluctuations 110V won't cause any problems, however, You may want to get a power conditioner that keeps the voltage at 120V. | |
| Beryllium-Copper: How safe? When beryllium is alloyed with copper it's safe (unless you machine it or something like that). The dust then can be dangerous. A solid chunk of pure beryllium is harmless. A good analogy is mercury fillings. Mercury metal is toxic, but when alloy... | |
| Low priced alternative to Benchmark Dac1 Audio Mirror makes a good sounding DAC. Had one before I got a Benchmark, but I didn't do any A/B comparisons. | |
| How many of us look under the hood?? Tbg, that reminds me of the Stealth Fighter. I guess that the AVM paint makes the equipment 'disappear', so you only get the Music. ;) | |
| How many of us look under the hood?? I like to modify the lights (replace bulbs with LED's). | |
| How to fix "hum" in Carver Preamp & Hafler Amp? Rodman may be right, but first I would try reversing plugs and/or check for a ground loop. I have a Carver power amp that had a hum until I reversed the plug. | |
| Parasound Halo Preamp Volume Setting Question I have 2 of these preamps and neither one does this. I would contact Parasound direct about it. | |
| Importing/Shipping from China, any issues? First thing is to make sure the electronics are the proper voltage/frequency. China is 220V/50Hz. Also they must be properly fused for the US market.As far as shipping/customs, I haven't had any issues, as they usually send it direct. But I mostly... | |
| Unintended lyrics Paul obviously isn't dead, but the Beatles are. Good riddance. So sick of their BS. | |
| Rarest Brands for Sale on 'Gon John,Thanks for the clarification. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Audiofeil - LMAO!Also add Anita Baker and Diana Krall.... |