sailor720
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| What's a better tweak/upgrade? USB DAC or ERT Definitely a DAC, you airport will output toslink with a mini adapter but you will get better sound from usb out of your laptop. I have a musiland md-10 that was $300 or so and it is worlds better than the airport output. I use my airport for casu... | |
| DAC for my Apple / Airport express...suggestions i run a musiland md-10 in this setup and it sounds good to my ears and is only about $300 from ifi audio, it will also take a usb inpud if thats useful for you | |
| USB to DAC questions i have a musiland md-10 and run it with an optical in from an airport express, coax from a dvd player and usb from a computer straight into an amp. it shounds very good, although i think it will sound better with a preamp to bypass the volume cont... | |
| computer to preamp? can you get a digital output on an airport express? I have one but the only output it seems to have is a low-fi minijack | |
| best ribbon tweeter in small size i believe newform makes a ribbon that is about that size check out their website | |
| How many CD/LPs do you need? it seems i never have the exact cd im looking for, so too much is never enough | |
| component, s-video and composite newbie theres no need to run the video on the dvd to the reciever if you only have one source, just plug that straight into the tv, then you need to get a coaxial digital cable to hook up between the dvd and reciever, this will cary the movie soundtracks... | |
| Multi Media to Go, Please. divx has a free (adware) software that allows you to rip movies onto your harddrive in decent looking files that are about 700mb for 2 hours so they fit onto a cd. a decent harddrive will hold a big collection of these and they are easily viewed w... | |
| PC that wont change my amp's personality ? if you like you amp why are you going to spend money changing it by buying a power cord, go buy more music with the $400 instead | |
| Need advice on choosing rears with B&W N804s?. b&w makes some decent in wall speakers designed for surrond use, you might want to investigate that option if it would work in your room, very inconspicuous. Hope that helps -Carl | |
| Guilty Pleasures: Throwaway Pop the fact that any non audiophile aproved recording should be considered guilty listening is one of the problems with this hobby. I have a moderatly high end system and own very few probably less than 10 albums/cd that wouldnt fall into your guilty... | |
| The Biggest Disappointments in Rock and Roll The biggest problem with rock today is the riaa and its huge corporte record companys. They are looking only to make money so they create an artificial market for crappy top 40 music, an wont give anybody who wont sell a million records a chance. ... | |
| Ok this will be a good thread. Speakers will make the bigest difference in any audio system, the differences between sources and amplification are minute compared to the possibilities with speakers. This is not to say the other components are not imporant, but merely that there... | |
| High-quality MP3s not comparable to CD WAVs ?? Anybody who claims that mp3s sound the same as wav files has never used anything better than $20 speakers that came with their computer that butcher the sound no matter the source. Proper wav files sound better than mp3s s they contain all the mus... | |
| I Hate to Admit It if you want decent sound from your computer, but nothing else most commercial systems will not suit your needs well. Talk to one of the smaller companies like micron or abs and spec out a computer with 2 hard drives in as big of a tower as you hav... |