kijanki

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Shorten my speaker cables?
I have Satoris (shotgun) for a while and they are wonderful.  In comparison to my previous AQ Indigo they have fuller lower midrange (male voices, cello), being faster with silky smooth trebles.  Much better overall.  I considered Oval 9's an read... 
Redbook Keeps Surprising
oregonpapa, backups are for that. I have two backups - second one just in case of something bad happening while copying. This second backup resides at my workplace (fire, theft etc). It doesn’t make any difference to me whether I have original CD ... 
Looking for upgrade from Apple TV, would like to keep using iTunes and wifi
I would like to add to comparison between PLL and reclocker that reclocker does not replace PLL but works in addition. Any timing imperfections left by reclocker will be further repaired by PLL.Any upsampling DAC will reclock the data using a PLL ... 
Looking for upgrade from Apple TV, would like to keep using iTunes and wifi
Pmiguy, PLL reduces jitter but not up to the levels of async rate converter. My Benchamark DAC1 rate converter AD1896 does very fancy operation to achieve fantastic results. From the datasheet:(full datasheet: http://www.analog.com/media/en/techni... 
Looking for upgrade from Apple TV, would like to keep using iTunes and wifi
Erik, you're probably right.  I assumed that interpolation with integer ratio, commonly done in oversampling, will be more accurate. Perhaps Apple TVs are just poorly designed, since many people have complained about their performance with 44.1kHz... 
Looking for upgrade from Apple TV, would like to keep using iTunes and wifi
It does not have to be dedicated when using network (USB, WiFi, Ethernet etc) since computer timing is irrelevant.  I use computer for other tasks while playing music over WiFi.While 48kHz to 96kHz conversion is easy (PLL - even ratio) 44.1kHz has... 
Single ended vs xlr balanced
XLR might be better where ambient electrical noise is high, but requires additional circuitry that may reduce transparency.  Terms "Fully balanced" and "Truly balanced" mean something different.  True balancing is achieved by means of the input tr... 
DACs that upsample to DSD internally?
All Delta-Sigma DACs convert PCM to DSD.  SACD is a product of Delta Sigma modulation (recorded output of Delta Sigma DAC before filtering) 
Toslink cables...do they make a difference?
Ahendler, that's true but you can discuss matching between speakers and amplifiers, pre and power amp or compare sound of CDPs or DACs.  In case of S/Pdif cable it depends on so many factors that comparison is next to impossible.- Characteristic i... 
Toslink cables...do they make a difference?
Coax might be better in somebody’s system but another person might have the opposite experience. Toslink might be better when you have long connections, ambient electrical noise or ground loops. Coax might be better when you have system noise. Typ... 
PS Audio DirectStream network bridge
When you use USB, you are using the computer as the player and streaming music via USB.You are not streaming music, you're streaming data since timing is not involved.  Source of D/A conversion timing is the clock inside of your DAC.  Because it i... 
MQA - One Filter to Rule them All?
http://schiit.com/news/news/why-we-wont-be-supporting-mqa 
Why a digital media player instead of a dedicated computer?
When you use asynchronous USB you don’t transfer music but data. Timing is created inside of USB DAC. For that reason computer speed, amount of RAM or even playback program are unimportant as long as it delivers required resolution and does not do... 
Amps and Preamps has standby, but should I turn them completely off?
Czarivey, same here 
Amps and Preamps has standby, but should I turn them completely off?
Timlub, caps unused for very long time, as I mentioned before, loose their rated breakdown voltage, but it takes very long time.  Caps might explode because of this, but often when caps are getting very old and dry the avalanche effect (High ESR=h...