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New Apple iTunes 10 Features
Ballan - I wonder if Front Row works now with AE. It used to work in Tiger but Apple disabled it in Leopard. Many people complained about it. 
Are there any constants in speaker wire designs?
Irvrobinson - I can make argument as well, that if you want to believe that top cables don't sound any better than cheap lamp cord - they won't (negative placebo effect).Long time ago when I had thick stranded Monster speaker cable and amp with to... 
Are there any constants in speaker wire designs?
"Why is "strand jumping" bad?"Strand jumping is related to skin effect that forces current to jump constantly to outside of thick speaker cable (where resistance is lower at higher frequencies). Copper impurities reside on the surface of each stra... 
Music server/Windows Media Center PC--possible?
Windows is OK (bit transparent) as long as you set Quick Time properties (sample rate and # of bits) the same way as Itunes. Read here: http://www.designwsound.com/dwsblog/?p=1718 
Airport Express "local clock" issue?
Magfan - You can get null-modem adapter (that crosses receive and transmit lines). It is something in communication between AE and DAC. When I set my AE to the the same frequency/channel as microwave oven sound disappears after few seconds and com... 
Transport rips to hard drive?
If computer can read data CDs it should be able to read music CDs. There are programs that read music CD as data. They force transport to read given sector many times if necessary, to obtain correct checksum.CDP uses Cross Interleaved Reed Solomon... 
Mid-Fi ICs - BJC vs. Audioquest Sidewinder
"low frequency signals that tend to flow through the center of a conductor travel through copper, rather than silver."Low frequency signals do not "tend" to travel thru the center of the wire. They travel equally on the inside and outside. 
Airport Express "local clock" issue?
Magfan - Airfoil is to send sound from any application (or system) to AE. Without it AE only works with Itunes. AE worked with "Front Row" with previous OS but Apple disabled it in Leopard. A lot of people wrote to them about it but they are unres... 
Interesting priorities
Elevick - I should check again. My agent could be mistaken (broker) while rules change all the time. 
Interesting priorities
Elevic - I asked my insurance agent if my gear will be covered or I need special provision/rider. He said that audio is covered no matter how expensive. There isn't even a way to enter it (extra provision) into computer. How do we know that gear t... 
Small DAC With Balanced Outs
Srosenberg - You can leave ON Benchmark DAC1 (no standby). Power consumption of 10W is nothing. 
Small DAC With Balanced Outs
Srosenberg - Standby is good and bad. It will extend life of the unit by lowering average temperature by few degrees but it does it by cutting power to most of circuitry. It will take time again to sound 100%. DAC1 takes about 10W and can get real... 
Small DAC With Balanced Outs
From the manual: "While in Standby Mode, the DAC1 USB continues to monitor the selected digital input and will immediately resume normal operation when an error-free signal is restored."http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/sites/default/files/documents/D... 
Small DAC With Balanced Outs
"i know the benchmark DAC1 when left on all the time will put itself into standby mode when no signal is detected"Benchmark DAC1 USB does that - not Benchmark DAC1. 
When is digital going to get the soul of music?
Nevillekapadia - SACD is DSD