scrith
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| USB 2.0 does 96Hz? I'm using 24/96 over USB 1.1 without any problems with both my Benchmark DAC1 USB and my Ayre QB-9.Perhaps those who are claiming USB can't support 24/96 should give some examples of the problems they've personally had when trying to use it, assum... | |
| Is bypassing KMixer worth the trouble? If you aren't using Vista...yes. By the way, what trouble?!? Just select another output method (I recommend KernalStreaming) in Foobar2000's output preferences...WASAPI is generating a lot of hype on the boards, but to me it sounds the same as Ker... | |
| Help Me Tweak System... True, everything makes a difference. The part most posts leave out is how little of a difference all that stuff you mentioned actually makes. :-) Don't get me wrong, I'm in it down to the cables, power filters, speaker RFI/EMI tweaks, etc...but, h... | |
| Help Me Tweak System... Just use the latest version of Foobar2000 (0.9.whatever). Those who are recommending earlier versions are fooling themselves.DirectSound is one of the output options for most music programs (e.g. Foobar2000). If you are using Windows Vista or 7, D... | |
| Apple Lossless Encoder - Audiophile Quality? Sammie: AAC is a lossy compression format. If you rip to this format (or a similar one, like MP3) you are not creating a bit-perfect copy of the data on the original CD. If you want to create a digital music file that is guaranteed to sound the sa... | |
| USB output from Foobar with Windows XP? If you are using the new DAC1 USB model (as I am) just use the "DS: Benchmark 1.0" output setting. If you are using an external USB device to convert USB to S/PDIF or Toslink (for input to the DAC1) you should probably use ASIO or DS (aka DirectSo... | |
| Swans m200 or Powered studio monitors? For personal music listening on a computer I'd consider a decent amp and some good bookshelf speakers before any computer speakers or self-powered monitor designed for musicians/studio personnel. A small amp and something like Epos ELS-3 (or, if s... | |
| mac itunes and dCs Elgar Plus Keep in mind that you really should be using losslessly encoded audio files. Using MP3s with a dcs DAC is like trying to drive a Formula 1 race car on diesel gasoline. | |
| Best bookshelf speakers for bookshelf placement Totem Acoustic Model 1 Signature are the best bookshelf speakers (that are actually bookshelf sized) that I have heard. | |
| Totem Model 1 Vs. Hawk Yes, nice report. I come away with this having even more respect for the Model 1, actually, because it remains competitive with a much larger and slightly more expensive speaker despite its miniscule size. | |
| Benchmark DAC1 Yes, you can use both outputs at the same time. I use the XLR outputs to drive a headphone amplifier and the RCA outputs to drive computer speakers (this is for my computer system). By the way, you can also use the two headphone outputs on the fro... | |
| Anyone with experience with ZU products? The Mobius cable is generally regarded as the finest headphone replacement cable in the industry. See head-fi.org.The Varial sounded good while I used it (about 100 hours), but then I switched to XLR cables...so not much comment there.The Ash coax... | |
| What's the "worst" cdp for the money? Welcome to the 21st century. The computer is the ultimate transport, superior in every respect compared to the stand-alone CD players that actually have to read flaky CDs (and you have to actually insert a new one to hear another album) in real ti... | |
| Harmonic Technology Cyberlight cables Forgive me extreme ignorance on this...but how are these different from toslink cables (which many people claim do not sound as good as coax cables sending the same data)? | |
| The best CD Player for the money Absolutely bit perfect CD rips. Plus it burns DVDs. And less than $100. What more can you ask for? :) |