kijanki
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| Music Server now bane of my existence Jult52, Not big problem if it is done right. Raid is not the best way of doing it because in case of controller failure all files can be toast. I keep one backup at home and one at work. It isn't constant backing up as you suggested, because there... | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence I use MacMini with external 1TB Firewire drive transmitting music over Wi-Fi across the room. Music is stored in ALAC and played by Itunes. Computer noise, computer speed, amount of memory, playback program etc don't make any difference in this se... | |
| Best Airplay Device Define "better". If you're talking about jitter than your DAC has asynchronous sample rate converter meaning suppresses jitter. If it is still not enough (jitter shows as a noise - lack of clarity) than perhaps additional reclocker would be better... | |
| Do I need a DAC? Format cannot make any difference as long as it is lossless (bit perfect). Information is transferred as data in packets over Wi-Fi without timing. Timing (clock) is recreated in AE. If you ever decide to use lossless then perhaps the best format ... | |
| Do I need a DAC? Oscarrr, DAC will give you cleaner sound. You might not care but noise embedded in music will screw up other things like for instance imaging. Noise on analog side is caused by the jitter on digital side and is detectable by lack of clarity only (... | |
| Digital vs Interconnect Cables - Difference? All three AES/EBU, coax S/PDIF and optical S/PDIF in home systems are different forms of S/PDIF protocol. One of the main differences between protocols is that AES/EBU does not contain digital copy protection while S/PDIF does. What comes to balan... | |
| Neutral or warm? Which do you prefer? Technical director of Benchmark Media Systems Inc. said this about DAC1:"We designed the DAC1 for maximum transparency. If you want to add warmth, you can't add it with a DAC1. Personally, I do not like what warm sounding equipment does to the sou... | |
| Digital vs Interconnect Cables - Difference? I'd like to expand a little on Al's excellent (as usual) post. Each cable has characteristic impedance. This impedance depends on cable geometry and dielectric and can be simplified as SQRT(L/C). When this impedance is different from the gear impe... | |
| Two-channel is inferior to multi-channel, no? Kr4, For many people it is a choice between good two channel system and less than average multichannel for the same cost.How much better speakers I can afford when buying only two. How much better amp I can afford when it is two channel only etc. ... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Pop quiz...1. Who is happiest when electrons pass through a few feet of megabuck exotic wire?a) the electronsb) the audiophilec) the cable vendor2. Does a $500 bottle of wine taste best when drunk out of aa) plastic cupb) crystal wineglassc) makes... | |
| To splice or not to splice? Of course you can hear it. It opens highs. My brother has NAD and has the same AQ jumpers. I believe AQ uses same materials as KC. Jumpers are only $28 while used 2m King Cobra runs at least $100. It used to be called Python and was twice more bef... | |
| Why are wireless headphones so rare? Solar powered wireless headphones - next invention. | |
| Anyone enjoy their amp's sound more than music? My system doesn't have any sound without music. How can you separate two. Are you asking if we would enjoyed music with bad sounding system. Yes, but not as much.You cannot even compare it to live music since some types of music are suited for stu... | |
| To splice or not to splice? You can buy few inches short Audioquest jumpers - basically the same thing. Buy Jumpers and sell Cobras.http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Male---Male-Preamp-Jumpers-2/dp/B0006VMBGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368811562&sr=8-1&keywords=audio... | |
| The new Bob Dylan I agree with Rok2id. It has very little to do with Dylan while there are plenty of very young interesting artists that can sing similar songs even better IMHO. One of them is Paolo Nutini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiI8HGTq6d4 |