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| Biggest impact on you? Running Bitperfect on iTunes to my Centrance DACmini to my stereo was a tremendous improvement. Granted, its the poor man's path to computer audio but it opened my eyes (ears) to what awaits. | |
| Denon AH-D2000 Headphones When I spoke to someone at headphones.com, the salesman told me that a lot of the crew use Denon AH-D2000s He even offered me a great price but I was looking for pricing on some Shure SRH-940s. If anyone would know, they could probably give you so... | |
| Big upgrade I've been told that one would get a big improvement by placing an acoustic panel in front of a big screen while just listening. Haven't done it yet but it seems to make sense. | |
| Does your amp/preamp/int amp have to look good? It will look good if it sounds good. You'll find some rationale to make it work.If it sounds bad, the looks will fade. Kind of like all relationships. | |
| Why aren't the older members still active ? At the rate its going this thread can be retitled:Why aren't the older members still alive? | |
| Ear Buds? Any good recommendations under $100? Sennheiser cx 300-IIs are still a great buy. Mine are a few years old (the originals) and still sound great, for the money. You can get them for around $30. | |
| Upgrading Fuses Did someone blow a fuse?Happy listening, indeed, to everyone. | |
| Importance of computer for DAC shootout dCS streams PCM and DSD via USB and from what I've heard, the sound is up there with the best of them. There is a lot of misleading marketing going on with digital.Case in point: "the length of a USB cable can't exceed 3 meters". I've read that a ... | |
| Are CD players dead Here's a great article from Audiostream that asked some industry leaders where they thought computer audio is going:http://www.audiostream.com/content/future-computer-audioGlean from it what you will. | |
| Variations in how your system sounds? Its 'lights out' at 11:00 for the audio gremlins.They need their sleep too. | |
| Importance of computer for DAC shootout All PCs are notoriously noisy platforms that interfere with the sound that comes out of them. They are great for ripping, storing, etc. but they are not the last word for playback. Make sure you have a really good media player that can isolate and... | |
| Importance of computer for DAC shootout Almarg,+1 | |
| dac advice One more thing---you can a DACmini from somewhere like Audio Advisor and they have a generous 30 day return policy. Just keep it in great shape. I got mine direct from the source and feel no need to give it up. | |
| dac advice Again, if you want to stay within you budget, check out the DACmini. Centrance licenses out their tech to the likes of Benchmark, Apogee, Lavry and lots more who wish to remain nameless. They are a 3rd party design firm for most of the chips out t... | |
| dac advice I like the Centrance DACmini. It goes for $795 (new) and has a nice headphone amp as well. I haven't hear the others you mentioned.The one word I would use to describe it is--clarity. It sounded great and when I got a media app (BitPerfect) it rea... |