jwglista
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| Music from hard drive better than CD? Im not quite sure how easy it would be to use a computer as a digital transport while using it to do other things. The main topic being discussed in this thread is that one would use an external DAC along with a computer as the transport (be it a... | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? Jax2: I can appreciate your argument, however several points in your argument are inaccurate. Having used PCs for years and always wanting a Mac, I recently purchased one about 6 months ago; this has given me sufficient time to gather an evaluatio... | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? To those who have recommended an Apple computer for this setup: an Apple computer is not necessary for music playback. They cost more money, and PCs can read digital music exactly the same; not to mention that iTunes has been available for Windows... | |
| Mid-priced warm sounding DAC? Thanks again to everyone who has offered help and suggestions. The Audio Mirror looks pretty attractive; Ive been reading good things about it.Well, my system has been built on a low budget. I know that there are a few elements that are responsib... | |
| Mid-priced warm sounding DAC? Alpha3: I was actually looking at the A3 24 DAC before. I found a review for this unit on Sterophile.com, but I found Sam Tellig's review to be drawn-out and useless. I'm a bit skeptical about the very basic, homemade-looking NOS DACs. The Scott N... | |
| Mid-priced warm sounding DAC? If the DAC does not oversample, wouldn't that mean that certain details in the music would be left out? I'm assuming that is the trade off: smoothness for musical detail. | |
| Mid-priced warm sounding DAC? Thanks everyone for the input. I'm still unsure as to whether or not I "need" upsampling. I've read that upsampling can somehow push distortion up above the 30 kHz range, but I have no idea how that works. Also, some of those tube DACS only have a... | |
| B&W 600 Series or PSB Image? I eventually decided to go with Triangle Antal XS floor standers. I got a good deal on them, and the sound is very natural and accurate. One negative thing about these speakers is that they sound bright (even with a NAD player), which can cause so... | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? Planckscale:Best thread yet! I am planning to build my own Hard drive system. Does any body have a suggestion on which HD brand, speed (7200 or 10,000 rpm), and what size disk space to buy. Would a relative small size hard disk be better that a l... | |
| Good match with Triangle Antal XS?? Thanks Arni. I'm wondering, what interconnects are you using? | |
| NAD 317 trouble HELP I seem to be experiencing a similar problem with my NAD C 340 amp. I notice that there is one particular song I listen to that causes the white noise/static. The protect circuit is tripped on this amp occasionally, but not very often. As you descr... |