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| Apple Lossless Encoder - Audiophile Quality? Scrith: Duh. Thanks for the clarification. I got AAC confused with AIFF, which is what about half of my collection is ripped to. The other half is encoded to apple lossless. Anyway, it's nice to know I can go back and forth using the Max encoder. ... | |
| Apple Lossless Encoder - Audiophile Quality? I'm with the lossless crowd. I just re-ripped from AAC to lossless with hope of never having to do it again.Couldn't you have simply used a conversion program such a Max? Why re-rip everything? | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? 7. Wavelength Audio -or- Empirical AudioBoth sites offer good products and are good sources of information. | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? 7. Wavelength Audio -or- Empirical AudioBoth sites offer good products and are good sources of information. | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER I'm using the Crimson with volume direct to amps. It sounds excellent. Gordon will tell you -at least he told me- that the built in volume control will sound better as it eliminates the linestage from the signal path. I didn't do any major compari... | |
| Best sounding solution for Ipod Oh, OK....thanks. Nice system BTW. | |
| Best sounding solution for Ipod To correct above post: Audio Line Out:Audio Line Out | |
| help what is the current bestbang in PC audio ? Here are a couple of sites that sell prodcts you may want/need, but also provide a ton of info to help you get up to speed:Empirical AudioWavelength Audio | |
| Best sounding solution for Ipod A cheaper possibility: Red Wine Audio IMOD Ipod mod (http://www.redwineaudio.com/) and an Audio Line Out dock (http://aloaudio.com/index.html). | |
| CD Players with digital "in" capabilities Resolution Audio Opus 21, Wadia players with "i" designation. | |
| DAC w/Airport Express Chuck...Yes, that would be the standard route: AE -- DAC -- Preamp. Some DAC's have a built in volume control, which would then negate the need for a preamp. (Benchmark DAC, among others). | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? Once set up, you all seem to like the harddrive option much better, or are willing to deal with potentially slight sonic losses for ease of music.The convenience factor is certainly nice, but the real bonus of going to a HD system is the better so... | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? Kana--I haven't tried a mini or Imac. I am using a Macbook for now. But, in every post I've read, folks who have tried both always prefer the desktop to the laptop. I'm not sure why...one guy speculated it was power supply differences. Who knows? ... | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? Yep, it seems very few know about the computer/stereo connection, least of all the Apple store dregs who act like they're enlightened, but are really no more enlightened, and possibly less so, than the guys working in the local Walmart electronics... | |
| Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ? Pscoi--Macbook to Wavelength DAC (also configured as a preamp) to active speakers 1. Not yet. Entire CD collection in Apple Lossless format fits on 200GB HD in Macbook for now. I use a 3.5" WD 320 GB HD connected via firewire to do periodic back u... |