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| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus Hey Naschbac.My personal results and conclusions came from taking several CDs and ripping selected songs first to Apple Lossless and then taking the same CDs and selected songs and ripping to AIFF. Two native files for each song. I would have pref... | |
| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus Good thought about the New Math Jax2 but....To me seems the issue is more likely about Placebos. That's what's really freaking me out. It's really become quite an insidious phenomena.I watched House three nights ago and it dealt with this very inf... | |
| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus OMG Naschbac...I'd like to point out for the sake of clarity that you are experiencing some kind of placebo effect here. It is mathematically impossible that....You've been captured TOO!This is some scary sh%t going on here! As if it wasn't enough... | |
| My First USB DAC Sounds Dull, Please Help Hi Blackstonejd.Unless it is asynchronous USB, the USB interface is not very good. S/PDIF is better.Better to qualify that in the context of your system and listening biases. Most of the time blanket statements like this only cause false perceptio... | |
| Cable elevators - conventional wisdom wrong? Hey Guys.We sell THESE but they're not too difficult to build if you've got the tools and a Saturday afternoon. I still say this is the best approach yeilding the best sonics and there's reason for it - but if I told you I'd have to kill you ;) At... | |
| MacMini USB ports which is better? Hey Ed.Yea, I need a break so I'm just having some fun but I am being serious about which ports seem to sound better. Your experience on the Mini corresponds with mine and a few other reports I've heard.Cheers my friend!RobertRSAD | |
| MacMini USB ports which is better? Ah! See what I mean about doing stuff in front of a mirror!? "...Now choose the East port and you're done. Should be West!Sorry 'bout that. | |
| MacMini USB ports which is better? Assuming you're not baiting for a debate, I don't know for sure. I just hear it to sound better and I'm good with that. It might have something to do with being far enough away from the monitor port to not be affected by EMI radiation or maybe tha... | |
| MacMini USB ports which is better? Well, thinking this through some more I think it would be best to establish a universal frame of reference.Rather than left or right, get a compass and find due North. Have the back of your Mini facing North. Macbook: back of screen facing North. ... | |
| MacMini USB ports which is better? Ah...I don't know why anyone would do this but just in case:If you use your Mini turned upside down, it's the port to the outside Left. If you use your Macbook upside down you're probably having more problems than trying to figure out which port s... | |
| MacMini USB ports which is better? Hey Istanbulu.Facing the back of the Mac and looking directly at the USB ports, the one on the far right (the first outside one) seems to sound most musical to me.You are correct! Also, for what it's worth, on a Macbook the best sounding port is t... | |
| PC vs MAC laptop as music server Hey Smoff'In light of some of the suggestions already posted, I'll suggest this: Mac Mini. I've used both a Macbook and Mini. The Mini has useful advantages already mentioned and honestly (if it's a priority to you...), it sounds better! Macbook s... | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Hi Conedison....but from every thing that I've read, Lossless is the superior solution.Apple Lossless is a good solution if file size is the priority - Lossless files are quite a bit smaller. If having the best possible sounding files is priority ... | |
| 10 questions about computer audio No, No, no! The steering wheel thing is a vairiable out + tone control for the desk top speakers (which were too big to be in the picture). This type of volume control + tone control worked in the mechanical domian.Oh... and did you notice the big... | |
| What would happen if? Wouldn't do it. Too many unkowns to say what would happen. You're essentially adding a capacitor across the amp's output. Depending on the capacitance the amp may not like it. However large or small, you're asking the amp to drive an additional ne... |