kbarkamian
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| Would A DAC Help Very Much? You'll probably hear a good difference using a better source like a DAC. However, make sure you can get a digital signal out of your iPod before you buy a DAC. Very, very few items get the digital signal from iPods.For a DAC and iPod dock 1 piece ... | |
| New CDP or new DAC? DACs give you more flexability in that you can connect several sources. If you only see yourself using one digital source, that's not an advantage.Dollar for dollar, I've found DACs sound better than CDPs. Less stuff in the box means more sound qu... | |
| Digital Rights Management and iTunes CWlondon - I've bought several tracks from iTunes in the past. My wife still buys them, but her music sucks so I don't listen to it.I've burned and ripped purchased tracks several times, and they've always played on every CDP I've ever used - hifi... | |
| NAD C325 or 326Bee efficient enough for PSB towers I owned an NAD 320BEE and PSB T55s a few years ago. It was a great combo for the money. However, the 320BEE was the limiting factor, as it could have used a bit more drive. The T65 may demand a bit more than the T55, but I'm not 100% sure.You may ... | |
| loudness wars: digital recording to improve? I'm with Elizabeth on this one. To expand on it - just wait till high-res becomes the standard (don't hold your breath though!). More bits and space to brick wall a recording! Imagine how 'loud' Metallica will try to be.I just wish they'd declare ... | |
| Benchmark Dac-1 into Naim Nait 5i? To my ears, the DAC1 sounds a bit bleached and sterile. Not as much as some people would lead me to believe, but enough to say so. System synergy and room setup can make or break it, just like anything else. | |
| Benchmark Dac-1 into Naim Nait 5i? For $1k, you've got to hear the Rega DAC. Excellent pairing with the Nait 5i too.If you're going to get hung up on asynch and high-res through USB, then you might pass on it.It's non-oversampling and non-upsampling. It does high-res, it just doesn... | |
| New Rega DAC I'm loving mine too. Rega just knows how to get the music right. People can say what they want about the ATV, but I've got nothing but praise for it's ease of use and great sound using it's digital output. Can't see why people waste their time wit... | |
| Bargain Basement, Giant Killing DACs for PC Audio I've found the cheap "giant killer" DACs like the V-DAC and DAC Magic don't quite live up to the hype. Some here love them, and that's all fine and good. But let's be serious. My ca. 1987 Theta 307 DAC beat the supposed giant killers I had in my h... | |
| Money well spent on Amp or Speakers You really need to play with speaker placement and sub placement and settings before you consider buying anything IMO. If the problem is the room/placement, nothing will fix the problems. You'll just throw more money into a never ending problem.I'... | |
| The OFFICAL Apple TV thread My favorite feature on my ATV (aside from playing my music) is YouTube. There's so many great music perfromances on there. Sound and pic quality varies greatly, but that's not what it's all about. I'll take a poor quality BB King playing the Thril... | |
| Upgrading Wadia 170i IDoc to new 171 IPod dock Nglazer - Not being a smartass; I have to ask...If you don't trust computer music, etc., what exactly do you think an iPod is? How did you get the music onto it? | |
| iTunes File Formats: AAC Protected .mp4 Are the protected files all m4p files, or just m4p files that were downloaded from iTunes? If they're iTunes bought files, you can burn them to CD and rip the CD. The convenience of that depends on how many files we're talking about. | |
| Coax vs. Toslink The reason why the optical output sounds better than the coax on your cable box is most likely that it isn't an electrical connection. Without an electrical connection, it can't transmit it's own electronic noise to the rest of the system. Ground ... | |
| New Rega DAC Lang 76 - When you synch all your music to the ATV, use the ethernet connection over the wireless. Far faster. Not that it's fast by any means, but once the stuff is on there, you're all set.Rbc - The whole thread is about our findings on the Rega... |