lewinskih01
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| Help on Optimizing Dedicated PC as Music Server Tbooo's suggestion to try those USB cards is a good one. However you don't have an USB input in your DAC, so I'd encourage you to try a good SPDIF-to-USB converter. Might you be able to borrow one?FWIW my DAC doesn't have a USB input either, and I... | |
| ARC ref 3,5 OR Lamm LL2.1 for my ml2.1 Hey Saint!Yes, I know what you mean. I tend to be rather agnostic as to either dogma. I just love what the LL2 does to sound vs my current DAC driving the amp directly.BUT lately I've grown interested in DRC/DSP/"stereo multichannel". The latter n... | |
| Custom Audiophile Speaker Builders You have a good eye, Zd! | |
| ARC ref 3,5 OR Lamm LL2.1 for my ml2.1 Oh boy, just when I was having the nerve to do without my LL2D I read this thread and I'm find myself going back on my steps. Shouldn't have clicked this link!! ;-)I love this preamp, and indeed it does change with upgraded tubes. Mine drives a Mc... | |
| Help on Optimizing Dedicated PC as Music Server Very good posts above.I have a similar setup with the following differences: fanless, linear power supply, Paul Pang USB card, Audiophilleo, Windows Server 2012 with Audiophile Optimizer and JRiver only.I agree with Al those are good parts. The on... | |
| Small room....treating 1st reflection points A super cheap way to try if you hear a difference is to simply place pillows on the first reflection points...except ceiling, of course.I built my DIY traps with fiberglass panels and they work fine for me. Maybe commercial ones would be better, b... | |
| Lewinskih01... used pc under 500.00... Thanks Hey guys.Certainly no offense taken. I agree an Apple computer is less quirky in operation, but not necessarily better sounding. Not worse sounding either. It all depends on the implementation around the Mac and around the PC. But the OP specifica... | |
| Lewinskih01... used pc under 500.00... Thanks Thank you Zoot.You have a nice system, so you will likely be able to hear differences in the computer you use (I'm still making very many assumptions here, but I guess that's the nature of the fora).However, you also say you are not very computer ... | |
| Bybee Internal Speaker Bullets - user feedback? Dangelod,Thanks for the tip! I sent Ryan an e-mail. Am I right to assume your commentwhere the purifiers were installed in line (2 per speaker) as outlined by AcresverdeRefers to a speaker with two sets of binding posts, where one set of Bybees wh... | |
| pc computer used under $500.00 for music only BTW, you haven't told us anything about your system, or your level of comfort with computers.Obviously the easiest route is a laptop. But the best results come from a headless computer, along the lines of the CAPS, which also allows you to upgrade... | |
| pc computer used under $500.00 for music only CAPS V3 Topanga. Check out computeraudiophile.com, look into the C.A.P.S. Tab/menu on top, and scroll down to the Topanga.This is if you want to buy new.You can probably get a used CAPS V3 of the better ones for about that price too (this is just ... | |
| new interface/front-end for audiophile system There are two parts to your question: troubleshooting your current setup and suggestions for something new.About suggestions for new: directional la, you want to have a computer dedicated only to audio, so no unnecessary programs are running (and ... | |
| Sloped baffle Hey Roy.Surely enough, I have a gazillion questions, but I won't keep asking! Well...not the gazillion anyway :-)Thanks for the names of the publications worth reading. I am in the process of getting the first AES papers to get started. Being in A... | |
| Best Tube Based Options For B&W 803S Speakers I drive a pair of B&W 804S with a McIntosh MC275 and love it. I used to have a Rotel 200W SS amp to drive these speakers, and at the time I was looking to upgrade amp I auditioned McIntosh MC252 (250W per channel SS) and MC275 (75W per channel... | |
| Help me set up new stereo system You got some good input above.Regarding computer audio in general I recommend you get acquainted with computeraudiophile.com. Lot's of good info there. Look into their "university" or whatever it's called, papers that a good how-to guides. For rip... |