richardfinegold
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| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started Regarding DACs, I use a firewire dAC, which is another vote in favor of Macs (although some Windows computers have firewire outputs, such as Sony VAIO).My only experience with a non asynchronous USB is via the aforementionedMarantz NA 7004. I woul... | |
| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started I prefer Macs because they are less buggy and the virus issues are so much easier. More audio based hardware tends to work with Windows based products, so this might be a consideration if you think that you might be adding a product such as the Ma... | |
| O.K. I'm Old/no Techie....how do I As others will point out, your assumption that a laptop is not a high end piece of gear is way off. I also used to think like that but after I began using themI was pleasantly surprised. The trick is getting the settings right and having a good DA... | |
| The ignorance of SACD & DVD-A marketing idiots.... True, but when I'm copying a disc it is usually so that I can listen in the car or at work. The music in both cases is for background type listeningOn less than top notch gear | |
| The ignorance of SACD & DVD-A marketing idiots.... I really enjoyed reading this thread. I wonder how many of you listen to classical music, which I do exclusively. SACD is alive and well there, with thousands of available titles. Almost all discs have dual CD and SACD layers, so they are portable... | |
| Anyone using Squeezebox server on Mac OS X? I couldn't get my squeezable to recognize my Mac based system. Logitech support was non existant | |
| DVD-A player - while they still exist Michael--why not get one of the releatively inexpensive Universal Players, such as the NAD that I mentioned, or the Oppos (range $400-1200), that play DVD-A? | |
| Mini-Mac Server as an NAS Wow. This is great. I will have to further investigate "concatenation" (to coin a phrase). It sounds like what I've been looking for. Any suggested references? I wish there was a Dummies book for this (I've looked and there isn't). Another newbie ... | |
| FLAC On A Mac Update: after I did a firmware update that i didn't have to pay for on the Marantz, it is now playing my flash drive with the flac files. It seems to be outputting them in 96 khz. Previously, I wasn't to impressed with the Marantz, but now I will... | |
| Mini-Mac Server as an NAS I have a couple of thousand CDs. Some of these are SACD and DVD-A and I won't be ripping these but I would like to get rid of the bulk of my collection so that I don't feel like I am living in a CD warehouse. I figure 4 TB will handle the collect... | |
| FLAC On A Mac I downloaded Decibel and it it was easy to use and now I can play the files, but not on the Marantz. The display in the Marantz seems to be telling me that it will output only 44.1 khz. The Marantz is on loan to me from a dealer. I suspect that it... | |
| FLAC On A Mac Achilles The track I downloaded was a Reference Recording, Exotic Dances from the Opera, which is listed on the HDTracks site as 24 bit/96kHz. The Marantz won't play it. Shouldn't I be able to download a flac file on a mac as a flac file and thenc... | |
| DVD-A player - while they still exist Just checked Audio Advisor. My NAD T-535 Universal Player still available for about $350. At that price, and given your budget you could could by half a dozen and a good DAC to feed them into. | |
| DVD-A player - while they still exist I thought that Marantz and Denon both still made Universal Players, playing DVD-A, SACD, Blu Ray, CD, and virtually every format. I play may DVD-A on the same Denon that you have, and in my two channel system I use a NAD Universal player that feed... | |
| Separates or Receiver to modernize home theater? You didn't mention if you wish to stream music. The newest generation of AVRs are starting to add this capability; the processors are a little behind here. In your budget range you can get a very capable receiver. See if a Denon dealer will let yo... |