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| 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... | |
| Usb or Optical fwiw I purchased the xonar essence STX - was using it's analog outputs - it only lasted @ 2 years before it died... wish it did not because i would have liked to have tried its coax output | |
| any thoughts? If you want to keep playing your CDs don't purchase a transport just rip to hard drive as audiotroy suggested. Will sound good as or better than most transports new or used. | |
| length of interconnects for passive preamp Many thanks to all; I'll go with 1/2 meter. I did not realize the quality of IC mattered more with a passive preamp. The IC that was recommended was made with mogami 2549 cable and neutrik rean connectors. I'm very much looking forward to seeing ... | |
| CD transports; do they really matter Thank you - I'm glad I jumped in to this thread. Any thoughts regarding playing ripped CDs from a hard drive and how that compares to different levels of transports? I know some have stated that only the highest quality transports will best HD pla... | |
| CD transports; do they really matter DAC: ifi micro idsd No Preamp - the DAC has a volume control - ran direct to quicksilver M60 monoblocks - speakers Eminent technology LFT 8Bs. | |
| CD transports; do they really matter I can't recall the models but a toshiba dvd player, an NAD cd player, sony blu ray player, Denon cd player, and a couple others - nothing very expensive although the NAD was a well built model. Yes the A/B was with the same coax cable and dac. ... | |
| CD transports; do they really matter I have tried many transports and can not hear a difference between an expensive transport and a cheap blu ray player from best buy - but the dacs make a huge difference. However, I know many claim that ripping and playing from a hard drive is bett... | |
| length of interconnects for passive preamp thank you - mine are RCA - and I can go very short place my passive in back of a amp - is there any sonic advantage to going less than 1/2 meter? | |
| Is anyone using a large-screen TV/music setup as your personal computer setup as well? I have my pc tower next to my tv and use a Bluetooth logitech de novo edge keyboard on my lap on the couch -for music (ripped cds) and movies (blu rays) works fine - only thing is with music (foobar) I have to turn my tv on to choose a title. Ot... | |
| CD Player with Volume Control Do you own a laptop? Try ripping your CDs to hard drive and attenuating in the digital domain with a high quality digital volume control - either in a dac or playback software such as foobar or jriver. | |
| usb, spdif, or usb to spdif converter many thanks - actually I do find ripping too complex and cumbersome - the only reason I am doing it is because the computer sounds so much better than the sony br player - curious - what is the other (complex) alternative? | |
| usb, spdif, or usb to spdif converter Thank you. After reading the last 2 posts my gut tells me that my computer is a better transport than the sony BR player. Also I am playing rips from the computer's hard drive so that may partially explain the difference. I power the idsd dac fro... | |
| usb, spdif, or usb to spdif converter Many thanks and hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am running a windows 7 desktop computer (a 12 year old gateway) usb output to an idsd micro dac for both music and blu ray movies. I would rather use a stand alone player. However, wh... |