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| Help with fatiguing sound in my PC system I definitely want to do USB, But the synchro mesh looks interesting, will it work with a mf v-lnk, does it accept 24/96? | |
| Help with fatiguing sound in my PC system I auditioned Jplay a couple of days ago and it helped. Less ringing. But the volume control is in 6dB steps to keep the signal bit-perfect, it's not a slider. I only know of two manufacturer's of re-clockers, Monarchy Audio's DIP products and Empi... | |
| best pre-amp new or used for under $500? UPDATE - bought a PS Audio DL III, running lossless AIFF into it from my PC laptop, Windows 7, iTunes--Pangea USB--MF Vlink--Wireworld COAX--DL III--Rotel RB-1080, sounds so good I'm probably selling the Halo...! | |
| A high-resolution revolution? Our firm recently started buying HP desktops and laptops. My HP PC has a core i7 and 16GB of RAM. There are also high-end PC laptops available from Alienware and Voodoo that we use quite a bit for 3D development and real-time presentation, these h... | |
| Emotiva XDA-1 or HRT Streamer II+ One issue that has not been brought up is that the USB input on the XDA-1 is limited to 16/48, if that's an issue for anyone. I'm pretty sure the HRT will accept a broader range of sampling rates over USB. My collection is CD only right now, but I... | |
| earlier Musical Fideltiy V-LInk to new V-Linkll Newer version will do 24/192 over USB, old version only does 24/96 over USB. | |
| Glass v.s. Plastic Toslink Source of "B.S." above:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htmonly applies to digital coax, not optical cable. | |
| Glass v.s. Plastic Toslink At these short lengths, the amount of bend in the cable, the type of fiber used, and the quality of the end lenses will eclipse the length of the cable when considering degradation. phone companies use fiber optics to transmit digital data over va... | |
| Review: Emotiva XDA-1 DA converter The XDA-1 will only accept 48KHz/24 bit over USB. If you want to feed it high res files, like 96KHz/24 bit, which is a pretty common format on HD Tracks, you need to have a USB to S/PDIF converter in front of the XDA-1, then feed with a digital co... | |
| Preamp Noob has a question Parasound Halo P3s can be had for under $600, and they punch way above their weight, and come with a remote, if that's important to you. NAD's current pre-amp, the c 165, should go for less than $1000 used, but I hardly ever see them for sale, and... | |
| Peachtree Decco vs. MF V-DAC I haven't heard either unit; the music halls have vacuum tubes in them, but only on one set of outputs, either the balanced or the unbalanced outputs, I can't remember which. The Bifrost is solid state, so it would be interesting to compare it to ... | |
| Peachtree Decco vs. MF V-DAC Although I appreciate the recent comments, my system has totally transformed. I moved the B&W 685s and the HSU sub into my HT setup. You can see my current 2-channel setup in my system link. I still don't have a DAC, and that is probably the v... | |
| AQ vs Signal Cable vs BlueJeans vs MonoPrice you can just use bare wire at the end of the speaker cable to connect to the amp and speakers, but when dealing with the compact layout on the back of a home theater receiver, its hard to get in there with your fingers and tighten down all the con... | |
| AQ vs Signal Cable vs BlueJeans vs MonoPrice If you're doing your own cable terminations, such as adding banana plugs, the Blue Jeans Cables are tough to work with, and kind of brittle. I prefer AQ solid core copper for this. I actually use both in my HT system, AQ type4 for the front array ... | |
| Pre-amp To Amp Interconnects I run blue jean cables and I'm very happy. But I did do a shoot out between different grades of audioquest cables early in my amateur audiophile career. I compared audioquest G snakes to diamondbacks, also had some cheapo stock cables as a placebo... |