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| ASIO4ALL Crackles With Wavelength Audio Brick Get a Macintosh. Life is short.Mac, via USB to Bel Canto DAC3 and monoblocs ...30 second set-up -- maybe less.Rivals or betters a $3k CD player. Done! Move on!Groove to the tunes, before you croak, man. ;-)Seriously, an iMac is about $1000, 120 GB... | |
| Is USB overrated as decent digital source? Bel Canto DAC 3, USB from a Mac, is exquisite --compared to my $2500 CD player ( brand withheldin respect ). Apple Lossless, or uncompressed AIFF,either, USB to a DAC like the Bel Canto 3 ... Best ofeverything: no more shiny discs, iTunes interfac... | |
| Audiophile quality USB Cable.. does it exist? I've used four different USB cables, just for fun, becauseI already happened to own them.Each of the four cables are less than a few years old,and all visibly fine. One happened to be the$29, 6' Monster, the others standard things thatshipped with... | |
| Is USB overrated as decent digital source? FYI, the soon-to-be-shipping Musical Fidelity"X-DACv8 Tubed Digital-to-Analogue Converter"has USB connectivity ...http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/xseries/xdacv8.html | |
| Musical Fidelity X-DACv8 Well, this is confusing, but I think I've figured it out.The x-DAC v8 does not need an external power supply.Here goes .....From M.F.'s site:X-DACv8.............."Power requirement:100 / 115 / 230Volts AC 50/60Hz (factory pre-set)"X-RAYv8 CD Playe... | |
| Musical Fidelity X-DACv8 Hm, interesting. Not sure. But it doesn't read that wayin the owner's manual PDF ( available on M.F. site ).The diagram of the back side appears to have atypical mains 3 prong male, too.From the manual:"The X-DAC is powered directly from mains, an... | |
| What format are most people using, and why? An uncompressed Apple Lossless file is exactly the sameas the file was before having been compressed.( When an lossless audio track is listened to,it is decompressed on the fly. ) | |
| Musical Fidelity X-DACv8 The X-DACv8 is now msrp $1500, not $1200.( A little bit of confusion about the price last week. )Ordered mine today from my local dealer.Predicted delivery in about 6 weeks. ( US ) | |
| Musical Fidelity X-DACv8 At Musical Fidelity's site ...http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/xseries/xdacv8.htmlNew power supply too, just announced today. | |
| Musical Fidelity X-DACv8 My dealer, in Connecticut, said she could order one at any time.:-) | |
| Monitor Audio Gold series Regarding sibilance ...I have GS 10s, Arcam FMJ CD/Pre/Monoblocs.When I tried Nordost Red Dawn ( rev II ) speaker cables,the sibilance was painful. Bottom of the line Kimber speakercables, or better, 14/2 romex ( solid copper electrical wire ),and... | |
| How is Windows Vista? FWIW, I'm a long time Mac user. I've always had tohave a Windows machine in my office, but only to dealwith files clients send me. My new Intel Macs run Windowseither from a direct boot to Windows, or virtually, usingParallels software. ( about $8... |