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Can a apple airport express be part of a audiophile system?
I’m using AE with Benchmark DAC1. AE has respectable 258ps jitter on the Toslink out but is 10 times worse on analog outs.http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/505apple/#ZkLWsVXP8lfdo196.97I cannot tell how audible 258ps is (My DAC supresse... 
Radio stations for Jazz....
WUCF  "Jazz an More",  Orlando  FL - wonderful station. 
Amp for desktop setup, low volume listening
For some reason my class D amp keeps composure at very low volume providing a lot of lows and highs and immaculate imaging.  I remember reading other posts confirming this. 
Portable Headphone Amp with Wall Charger
Jl35, try to google "Oppo HA-2" and "HD700" or "HD-700".  You might find additional info on the use with Senheissers. 
Portable Headphone Amp with Wall Charger
It comes with a wall charger (micro USB type).  You can charge it with any phone (micro USB) wall charger, but one provided is recognized by the unit as rapid charger and charges much faster (if it makes any difference). 
Portable Headphone Amp with Wall Charger
I bought Oppo HA-2 headphone amp recently and it sounds amazing. It has async USB, SPIDIF, DSD an analog in/out. I use USB. Sounds better than my Benchmark DAC1. D/A converter IC is SABRE 32-bit. It has lithium battery (7-8 hours) and can be used ... 
To Variac or not to Variac?
Year and a half is not enough time to cause any problems with electrolytic caps IMHO. 
Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner
We use to have, at work, small washer to clean flux off PC boards. It looked like regular dishwasher and used DI water for rinsing. Distilled water was not good enough even for that - we had to buy deionizing columns. DI water that you can purchas... 
Do i need a CD player, or can I use Mc Book?
Williewonka, assuming that all bits are being sent (bitperfect) without any processing the only thing that can affect sound is jitter.  In case of NAS, WiFi or async USB minimizing timing errors made by computer by caching does not make any differ... 
Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner
Why it has to be distilled water?  Distilled water is not that clean.  Reverse Osmosis water might be cleaner.  RO water I make at home has about 4ppm when membranes are new.  Deionized water should also be cleaner than distilled and you can buy i... 
Servers: Are we there yet?
I've been a very bad girl,' she said, biting her lip. 'I need to be punished.' 'Very well,' he said and installed Windows 10 on her laptop. I've never had any experience with Windows 10, but judging by this joke it might be bad (like Vista?).  ... 
Servers: Are we there yet?
Mapman, Yes it is nice feature, but if you’re afraid of any changes to your server then you can do this on the other computer or tablet (or phone). I update my computer/server from internet, since I’m using it as a home computer, and never had any... 
Servers: Are we there yet?
You're welcome.  It is s good decision if your computer is only used for playback.  It doesn't change the fact that you still need to make backup in case of any hardware failure. 
Servers: Are we there yet?
System can work forever without internet access.  Software code doesn't change.  Unreliable charger is hardware and not the software.   People use PC computers controlling production without any access to internet.   Many of them still run Windows... 
Do i need a CD player, or can I use Mc Book?
Audirvana might improve playback in S/Pdif streaming but does nothing to network playback since data is sent in packets of different size - not in the real time. The fact that Audirvana is caching is absolutely irrelevant with the network connecti...