ranperry
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| FLAC On A Mac The application that plays the FLAC file needs to "extract" chunks of it into memory when playing. If the application is poorly written, the extraction process may use resource that will degrade the streaming output. A good example is trying to pl... | |
| FLAC On A Mac @ AudioengrI am not arguing that you and others heard a difference, I am just speculating that is was not the format but the application / OS that was used. | |
| FLAC On A Mac Depends on your operating system. I did the same coparison with my Linux music server and no audible difference were heard between FLAC Vs WAV.If you have enough CPU power and a good decoder, there is no reason to hear any difference. The only iss... | |
| Memory playback worse than disk... Why? @ SimontjuFLAC is not a bad format. Get a better computer, build a real media server, drop the USB connection and get a Bit Perfect sound server. If you can find someone to build a Linux server for you then go for it. Don't blame the format if you... | |
| Wyred4Sound Dac-2 vs Preamp and separate DAC Thanks! I have little experience with Windows for media services and I am happy to see that this is actually a possibility in Windows. I hope future products / updates from W4S will support USB 2.0 audio out of the box without the proprietary drives. | |
| Wyred4Sound Dac-2 vs Preamp and separate DAC I am using MPD on the server and GMPC (ubuntu desktop) and MPDroid (Motorola Xoom) to control my music. Can you control the volume within Jriver? How can you tell that it bypasses the mixer? | |
| Wyred4Sound Dac-2 vs Preamp and separate DAC I can't. Wyred4Sound does not provide their proprietary drivers for Linux. Also, I prefer using Linux as I get Bit Perfect sound, bypassing the OSs mixer altogether. USB audio is not mature yet (this is from a hardware engineer perspective). Once ... | |
| Wyred4Sound Dac-2 vs Preamp and separate DAC I am using the S/PDIF output from a M-Audio Audiophile 192 sound card. Works great. | |
| Wyred4Sound Dac-2 vs Preamp and separate DAC For my ears, less grainy and more detailed presentation regardless of the volume. | |
| Wyred4Sound Dac-2 vs Preamp and separate DAC I got the DAC2 and had the Classe CP-65 pre. To make a long story short, I sold the Classe and I am going directly to the amps (bel canto ref 1000). If you do not need analog inputs and the only source is a PC / Transport, you can sure get rid of ... | |
| Wadia CD players direct to power amps opinions Vx700I have used Bryston, BAT, Theta, Sonic Frontiers, Krell and Rowland. | |
| Wadia CD players direct to power amps opinions I am using a 581 directly into a Bel Canto Ref 1000. Never liked the pre amp in between. I always found the direct connection much better than any pre I have tried.I used tubes and SS. I also had the 302 for a while.Each pre amp added something to... | |
| Wadia 581i using as a pre any good From my experience, each amp I tried, added different signature to the sound, whether is was SS or Tubes. Once you get used to it, driving the amps directly is the way to go (for my ears). Wadia has done an exceptional job with their volume contro... |