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Best Monitor Speaker? totem rainmaker or totem model 1 | |
Totem Power - Model 1 Signatures try a classe ca-200 amp and a classe cp-60 preamp. that is what i use for my totem mani 2's. another good pick would be a macintosh mc-252 with their 200 preamp. | |
MAC Mini Digital Out cable? i use a good quality toslink cable with a toslink-mini adapter. i don't use usb ports in my setups. all my jitter devices that i use after the server or remote devices like airport express, only use toslink, glass, coax, or aes. you can go to fry'... | |
Oregon Audiophiles... anybody else going to RMAF from the portland area? | |
RMAF.....Meet & Greet i'll be there | |
audiophile music servers the latest products, info how can anybody spend $6k to $20k for a music server that doesn't sound any better than a pc based server at 1/3 to 1/10 the cost? i have had a few people go the route that i have gone instead of purchasing the qsonix and sooloos systems. the only... | |
Why Mac Mini Over Slim Systems Products? if you use a mac or an airport express as a music server and you are going into a jitter device or an external dac, get a good quality toslink cable and then go out and buy the adapter that connects onto the cable to plug it into the mac. i purcha... | |
Possible to convert Apple Lossless to WAV.? why would somebody go the squeezebox route? there are other alternatives that work just like the squeezebox for much less $$$$. the 2 people i know that used squeezebox's sold them and 1 purchased the transporter and the other i set up a whole hou... | |
Possible to convert Apple Lossless to WAV.? i also have over 1000+ cd's ripped via apple lossless with no problems. | |
Sending music to DAC wireless vs wired steve - i did read your 2 articles but i stopped after reading this in 1 of the articles:"Turning to the Benchmark's sound via its USB connection, I auditioned it exclusively using a pair of Sennheiser HD650 headphones. Playing the 24-bit master f... | |
Sending music to DAC wireless vs wired audioengr: the best dacs do not use usb. i still checked and your dcs,esoteric, nagra, manley, the older audio research, levinson, classe (which i favor over the current benchmark) do not use usb. the new audio research dac is coming out with usb ... | |
Sending music to DAC wireless vs wired i have both wired and wireless hookups in my house. i have cat5e wire and use 802.11g wireless. the only issue i have had with the wireless connection is competing with another wireless device. i had to change the channel setting on my WAP and it ... | |
iphone/itouch 2.0 software release i'm using the VNC Lite program on my itouch to start itunes if i don't have it up already or if i want to access my mac remotely. if you want to listen to itunes in a remote part of the house and itunes isn't started, then the "remote" program on ... | |
Is their any performance advantage if you are not going to use an external dac and a jitter reduction device, you will not be happy using this kind of setup. | |
audiophile music servers the latest products, info get a mac mini, a jitter reduction device, toslink/aes/coax cables, and a very good dac and you might be surprised on what you hear. don't waste your time going straight from a computer into a dac or a preamp. you will not get the sound you are lo... |