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Airport Express/Apple TV into DAC vs Mac into DAC
Milesandcoltrane,I decided to use first option with jitter suppressing (reclocking) Benchmark DAC1. According to Stereophile measurements AE has respectable 258ps of jitter further reduced by the DAC processing. Clarity of sound is incredible and ... 
Cable Costs Relative to System
Vmhf - Even if your cables cost too much it is non-perishable stuff. Electronics or speakers might go bad or you'll decide to upgrade it but cables, if neutral sounding, might stay forever. Also, I feel that it is easier when we take one element o... 
ever been duped ordering "new" CDs on Amazon?
I've had different experience - bought used CDs at Amazon Marketplace but received new. Few times CD was brand new but without wrapper but couple of times I got one that was in the wrapper with seals. I tend to buy used because I rip it to Hard Di... 
Airport Express + Toslink + Bryston BDA-1 = Happy
Mrisney,This setup has advantage. Because data on Hard Disk has no timing and is sent to AE in packets, timing is created in AE, that has respectable 250ps jitter further reduced by Dac's processing. It means that computer noise, type of program e... 
My first encounter with K2 Mastering
I wonder if magic of K2 HD lies in better mastering-downsampling or it is whole recording-mastering-downsampling process. Such recordings like Kind of Blue cannot be re-recoded. 
Airport Express + Toslink + Bryston BDA-1 = Happy
Slothman,You can always be happier. I'll stop improving once I start getting orgasms when I listen to the music. 
My first encounter with K2 Mastering
Bombaywalla - I found that it is K2HD. Do you know what they do different from regular 24/192 mastering. I can understand better dynamics since they most likely use less compression for "high definition" CDs but purity of sound and air especially ... 
Airport Express + Toslink + Bryston BDA-1 = Happy
MacMini+AirportExpress+Toslink+BenchmarkDAC1+Rowland102+HyperionHPS938 = Very Happy. 
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Classe move to China
Macrojack - Great post. 
Classe move to China
Many successful people automatically assume that person complaining about social injustice has to be unsuccessful. They just cannot comprehend that other people, like Warren Buffet, see more than themselves. 
Classe move to China
Only about 30% (4 Trillion) of our debt is foreign - rest we owe to companies and individuals that are in the Federal Reserve program. People and Companies that lend this monies (with gov. guaranteed interest) want, like any lender to increase siz... 
Classe move to China
Andr,It is all global. Oil companies drill in US for free on governement (common) land with all gov. subsidies (tax breaks) but can sell oil wherever they want. It was shown recently that US became net oil exporter. We still import crude oil but e... 
Classe move to China
Nonoise, If collective bargaining is such bad things why then 5 states that have teachers collective bargaining ban resulted in combined SAT/ACT as follows: South Carolina -- 50th North Carolina -- 49th Georgia -- 48th Texas -- 47th Virginia -- 44th 
Classe move to China
Nonoise, It was obvious to me. I even suspected that whole reform was just to throw in this one sentence about government not to interfere with market mechanisms making collective bargaining illegal and sending drug companies profits thru the roof...