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| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC To recap,Mac with iTunes > long usb cable > Aeris dac > AQ Wel > JR 625S > Wilson Sabrinas.System doubles for TV audio with TV in between speakers.A few points :-1: CD ripping with iTunes - lossy or lossless compression - AIFF/ALAC... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Some reading for Mac usb and usb audio :-http://djtechtools.com/2010/07/14/macbook-usb-port-inequality/http://www.audiostream.com/content/usb-audio-gremlins-exposed-beyond-1s-and-0s-ifi-audio#evM2XaGXX7s...(See 5. The corollary for us would be Lis... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC So you are using the usb input of the dac which is similar to what I am doing now. I don't have any suggestion for a music server as I am sooo very happy with my recently acquired Esotetic N-05 usb dac. When I find a local music server dealer who ... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Rinpoche,Are you playing from a laptop/music server?J. | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Hi Rinpoche,Here is my little prediction for your upcoming AQ cable :-WGWAWWTW.Also, I may have missed it in the thread but what are you using as cd player?Rgds.J. :) | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC SWCRABVHWI =>She Will Choose Rowland And Be Very Happy With It.Congrats and Happy Birthday, Rinpoche!J. :) :) :) | |
| Upsampling - but seriously folks dtc, That is very well said. J. :) | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC "Pretty sure SWCRABVHWI is a song on Cream's Disraeli Gears."Cool!J. :) | |
| Redbook Keeps Surprising lp2cd,Your clarification has been most helpful. I was actually thinking of donating my entire physical cd collection to the local library but it looks like I can't do that now. :(J. | |
| Redbook Keeps Surprising Hi bsmith,In my system, it’s just the opposite. The ripped cd file sounds better than the cd spinning in the super heavy transport of my old Esoteric K-01. Many others in audioland have also found ripped files to sound better than cd’s.To be fair,... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Haha. Al is reading way too much into the code with his technical brain. It actually isn't that complicated. Let's wait and see.Regards.Jon. :) | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Rinpoche,Those letters are code for my prediction which will be revealed after you have made your decision. They are meaningless for now. As to your room, what I mean is the amp you choose will sound different in your room compared to someone else... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Total system synergy also includes the way the system interacts with the environment it is in. Place 2 identical sytems in 2 different rooms and both will sound different. Place 2 identical systems in the same room but with different environments,... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Rinpoche,I am writing down my prediction as follows :- SWCRABVHWI.Let's see what happens. Good luck! J. :) | |
| Redbook Keeps Surprising +1, charles1dad.J. |