mitch2
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| Cables more hype than value? In response to the OP's question, the more I do this the less I believe in hype and the more comfortable I am with my own opinions of what makes a difference and what doesn't, at least to me. While I do hear differences between different cables, I... | |
| My HRT Music Streamer HD DAC is a game changer Dtc,no offense toward your post was intended. My issue is with this particular review. I have not yet heard the HRT HD, but I own one and I just received the ifi iUSB IsoPower system today. I am just getting my computer audio up and running and no... | |
| My HRT Music Streamer HD DAC is a game changer I posted about the Stereophile review in another DAC thread and my thoughts remain that, for the manufacturer, there is a lot riding on a review by one guy who listens to the gear in one system. If I didn't already know the quality of Kevin Halver... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Some might say "funny" is all the money you made off of democrats by selling them cables. | |
| Breakout DAC for 2013? I looked hard but passed on the Octave MkII because I wanted balanced outputs but once I get rolling for awhile on the computer audio thing I plan to keep the Metrum Acoustics Hex on my DACs to watch list based on the many positive things reported... | |
| Breakout DAC for 2013? Speaking of the HRT Music Streamer HD Vladimir, did you see the current Stereophile review of that device? Atkinson indicates "superb (20-bit) resolution and low noise" as well as "excellent" J-Test data, then goes on to discuss a "peculiar behavi... | |
| Tubes/SS Power Amps? Orpheus10, why in your opinion do Class A tube amps "theoretically" sound better than Class A solid state amps? Do tubes measure better than solid state devices? | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? Lewinskih01, this research has been a learning experience and the choice is difficult because each system had its advantages and it seems they are equally good sonically, when set-up properly. I don't mind paying a bit more to get the level of ser... | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? Hello all, this decision has been like peeling back layers of an onion. On the surface, just about anyone can benefit from the flexibility, convenience and "good" sound of computer audio by simply downloading a player, burning their CDs using thei... | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? Hey Lewinskih01, yes that was probably me discussing the LL2 Deluxe, as I used it in the "other" best system I have owned, which included the LL2 Deluxe with M1.1 monos. That system was so musical but the upper end darkness of the M1.1s simply lef... | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? Thanks guys. I have come to the same conclusion for a variety of reasons including no clear evidence that Windows sounds better and the perception that the Mac platform is easier to operate and better supported than Windows. The server hardware se... | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? Good point about the DAC quality Ejlif. I do like my current MUSE player. I owned both it and the Ayre C-5xeMP, and had them both hooked up in my system (at the same time) for over a year. I finally sold the Ayre when I found that my clear prefere... | |
| Tubes/SS Power Amps? I agree with Mechan's post. Tubed amps do indeed make a difference that IME cannot be duplicated with a tubed preamp. However, it is my experience that really good SS gear can also sound like music. My Class A Clayton amps have a low bias switch s... | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? Thanks everyone, and especially Lewinskih01 for your detailed point-by-point answer including;More relevant to your questions, I think, is you can use JRiver for Windows and JRemote that is an application for iPad to use as remote for JRiver. So y... | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? Thanks for the response Job. I also asked this over on Computer Asylum and have received a variety of responses that seem to conclude that either windows or mac can provide great sounding computer based audio. Most have indicated the devil is in t... |