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| Best cartridge to reduce hum under $400 USD Hello, Hum was significantly reduced by addition of Shunyata Venom Defender to AC line. Low frequency resonance still an issue on imperfect disks. Would like folks thoughts on these three low to medium compliance cartridges for the TD150mk2:Zu/DL-... | |
| Linear power supply for Arcam irdac Thanks George. Have you tried this power supply with irDAC, Dacmagic or similar? On another forum I have gotten positive plugs for MCRU and Sbooster, while Paul Hynes and Teddy Pardo are heavy hitters in power supplies.My feeling is all well desig... | |
| Billy Gibbons and the BFGs - Perfectamundo Thanks for the suggestion | |
| How important is the transport when using a DAC? Reviving this thread, not sure I solved the file format issue, but will say no files played in my system from flash drive through either AVR or BDP sound very good, no matter how they are ripped or which format. Have switched to AIFF vs FLAC based... | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Zd542, thanks for info on USB 3.0/2.0. | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Thanks Kijanski, so you are saying that asynchronous USB defeats problems with data input and output using the same serial bus? This makes some sense because in my office system that uses an AQ Dragonfly, the external USB drive sounds at least as ... | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Thanks Zd542. Is USB 3.0 input for data from drive also problematic if digital signal out to DAC is via USB 2.0? | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Ok, so if using an external drive for file storage with a PC laptop, and I should avoid using USB for both file delivery to DAC and from drive to laptop/server, what other option do I have, Ethernet? | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Yes will be using USB. | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Thanks all, will check out links provided.kn | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Thanks Michael, I need a separate home computer that will be dedicated for music. My office computer is described simply as example to show I have already had some success with laptop driven audio, admittedly by luck, but it has multiple tasks and... | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Buconero117. Tell me more. I am the boss, so I guess I should fire myself. My IT people are aware of what I am running. Do you have links to some citations we can see that document the threat of iTunes, JRiver and an external drive to PC based net... | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio Laptop fits the current space available better than a separate box. | |
| Suggest budget CDP to use as transport OK, I will check out Tascam also. | |
| Upgrade advice needed This thread was intense, fast... and over, but I offer one other simple suggestion that came to mind in reading about the OPs situation and the suggestions received. When the NAD preamp section was returned to the loop, I would insert one of your ... |