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Apogee Big Ben for Jitter reduction
I am considering an Apogee Mini-Dac -- AND -- wondering about combining it with a Big Ben -- for playback of AIFF files from my computer. How are you using your Big Ben? 
Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder
One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)by Lambert-Potter, sung by Coven 
Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder
Just Call Me Angel of the MorningMerrilee Rush & The Turnabouts/Juice NewtonWords & Music by Chip Taylor Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby. 
Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder
Brandy, You're A Fine Girl -- Looking Glass 
Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder
Wildfire -- Michael Martin MurphyShe ran calling Wildfire She ran calling WildfireShe ran calling Wildfire 
Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder
Tighten up. -- Archie Bell and the Drills 
Meitner EMM DAC6e Redbook Performance
My experience is similar to the others. I have 1,000+ CD's in my collection. I was looking for the best CD player I could find, price relatively no object. I bought the Emm Labs DAC6 for its top level CD playback and consider its SACD capability, ... 
mbox from digidesign...help?
I have the M-Audio USB Audiophile. It sounds good and is an improvement over using the headphone out, but I am always looking for improvement. I'm curious about the Apogee Mini-Dac, or other ways to take a digital feed from my computer and convert... 
mbox from digidesign...help?
Tom -- what do you consider the cleanest USB or Firewire DAC interface? 
mbox from digidesign...help?
Here's a page that explains how to set up your mbox....http://www.transom.org/tools/editing_mixing/200212.mbox.towne.html> 
mbox from digidesign...help?
I recently bought something similar called an M-Audio USB Audiophile DAC. Ihad to turn my computer off, connect the device to the USB output. Then boot the computer back up. Then I had to go to preferences -- sound -- output -- and select the M-Au... 
beware ipod
The ipod, at less than $500, is certainly not an audiophile level player, but for a casual player if offers incredible convenience and if you load it with uncompressed CD's, it can sound amazingly good considering its price and convenience. How mu... 
Anyone using an Apogee Mini-Dac?
My pre-amp is the Meitner Emm Labs Switchman, my amps are Levinson 436 Mono-blocks, my speakers are Monitor Audio Studio 60's, my headphones are Sennheiser HD580's. That part of my system would be capable of showing the differences. I am thinking ... 
USB DA recommendation needed
I installed the drivers, but I read in several places that the drivers were not needed. My next step was going to be to remove the drivers I had installed.First I turned my computedr off. Next, I connected the M-Audio DAC and powered it up. Then, ... 
Abandonning Powered Speakers - Why?
On the other hand, in the pro market, active speakers are more commonplace. I've been in several recording studios where the monitors sounded great. What they had in common was they were using Mackie HR824 actively bi-amped two-way Studio Monitors...