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| PS Audio NuWave announced Considering the Ayre QA-9 is more than 5x the price of the PS Audio Digital Link III... it better be significantly better (especially since the QA-9 lacks optical and coaxial inputs to boot). | |
| Why do digital coax cables matter? Jitter is measurable, correct?Will a cable of some determinate length not add some measurable, repeatable, non-arbitrary amount of jitter within a particular range of measurement, regardless of any jitter coming from the source component?Are there... | |
| Airport Express clicking sound Your computer or the AE could have been locking into a legacy and/or overloaded WIFI network.I had a similar problem recently, but the cause was far more obvious... the noise started right after I replaced my generic "had it laying around" optical... | |
| Why do digital coax cables matter? Assuming the cable is properly constructed and terminated, then in the digital domain, it is "bits in, bits out" as far as I'm concerned... Or at least until blind or ABX testing proves it to me otherwise. | |
| 30 Years of Perfect Sound? The net... For all the hypsters trying to sell "high resolution" hardware and software... what really matters is the mastering process. | |
| PS Audio NuWave announced I do like the idea of having "native mode". Not being able to A/B up-sampling has always been a concern for me. | |
| PONO: Neil Young's New Delivery System? I respect Neil Young's good intentions, but this sounds like a tech entrepreneur who missed the pandora/spotify/mog/rdio window is trying to take advantage of his fame.And announcing on David Letterman doesn't give me much confidence that they're ... | |
| 2-channel Hi Rez playback cheap and good? Oppo's players are well regarded.You could always buy a good hi-rez player and add an external DAC for Red Book. | |
| Logitech Touch vs Apple TV You can use Airfoil to stream to your AppleTV or Airport Express from any application you chose. | |
| should I notice the upsampling? 1977 Vandersteen Model 2 debuted1979 Vandersteen Model 2a1980 Vandersteen Model 2b1980 Vandersteen Model 2c - last model using perishable foam surrounds1989 Vandersteen Model 2ci - 1st model using butyl rubber surrounds1992 Vandersteen... | |
| Free stuff you didn't know you needed Too bad the meter is pegged at higher volumes.Someone should do a Heathkit version for Android. | |
| My Wyred4Sound DAC1 Sounds Better then my Oppo 95 Were you able to A/B blind even? | |
| should I notice the upsampling? I've seen a few pairs of Vandersteens on CL here in Denver recently for $500-750. Just make sure you know what you're buying since there have been at least a half dozen iterations of the Vandersteen 2 model over the years (some with subtle refinem... | |
| Noticed the Patriot Act's effects on PayPal? Now you have to check the sky for drones before you transfer $500 or more via Paypal. | |
| dj/pa style speaker question I think MW is saying run the right output to one speaker and the left to the other and don't use the output on either speaker. |