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| transport/dac vs integrated player gotcha. I will audition a streamer, but just confirming that you still recommend this over a computer using a usb to s/pdif converter - I have read that these units remove the noise coming from the computer. | |
| transport/dac vs integrated player I will audition a streamer but for playing ripped CDs is there an advantage from playing from the internal storage of a Zen vs my PC's hard drive? I do not hear fans running when I am playing, but I have read that programs running in the backgroun... | |
| transport/dac vs integrated player Many thanks and yes I plan on introducing streaming to my system. But the narrow question I have is for playing my cd collection: whether having an all in one player alleviates the concerns with the connection from the transport to the dac, in te... | |
| Best digital format (non streaming) CDs ripped and then played from a hard drive, connected to a dac with an s/pdif converter. IMHO it would sound better than almost all transports connected to the same dac via coax. | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? Snell EIIs | |
| blu ray for 2 channel altec lansing horn system I tried both an active and passive preamp and to my ears the direct connection without either sounds much better. | |
| How to control volume for DAC with no volume control I am presently running my dac direct using the software volume control of foobar and it sounds better than when I played with foobar full throttle and ran to a passive...actually much better | |
| How to control volume for DAC with no volume control what are you playing on you Node - tidal, spotify….? | |
| Will DAC always sound better going straight into a Power Amplifier? I use an ifi idsd dac micro which has the option of running in direct mode or 2 options for preamp mode - 1 with 0 gain and 1 with gain - when in preamp mode there volume control nob in enabled - is it safe to assume that that is an analog volume ... | |
| How to control volume for DAC with no volume control what is your digital source? | |
| How to control volume for DAC with no volume control you can connect the dac to a passive preamp, which is just a volume control - schitt makes a very reasonably priced one | |
| Will DAC always sound better going straight into a Power Amplifier? normal modern DAC will output at min. 2v RCA or min.4v balanced. That is equal to a normal preamp output. Forgetting weird impedance mismatches for the moment, the only job left for the preamp is attenuation. If the DAC has a good relay based rat... | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? I see you have an oppo 103 and a great 2 channel system. . What additional "processing" do you feel you need? | |
| length of interconnects for passive preamp The speakers cables were made for me by a local tech and I do not have the specs. I will report back after I try the shorter ICs. Regarding my prior 3 meter ICs I I started with cardas microtwin, which seemed to "round out" the sound and were a li... | |
| length of interconnects for passive preamp My passive sucked the life out of my system when I was using very inefficient speakers and monoblocks, which required 3 meter ICs. I recently switched to very sensitive speakers (horns) and a stereo amp and the passive sounds great even with the... |