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| Glass v.s. Plastic Toslink Here's the 1M Sonicwave glass Toslink cable on amazon for $25. There are a number of lengths available, search for 'Sonicwave glass' and they show up. You'll need a mini-Toslink to Toslink adapter but those are very inexpensive and can be found on... | |
| What do I need? Meiwan is right, any Macbook Pro has a mini-Toslink/optical output inside the dual-purpose headphone jack. If you can't easily find a mini-Toslink to Toslink cable you can use a mini to Toslink adapter on a standard Toslink cable. The adapter is s... | |
| Sim Audio question... I've owned three Sim Audio integrateds and I very highly recommend them but I don't think they offer an alternative for the feet. The very sharp tips are removable but there still are small diameter metal tips left to be dealt with.One option with... | |
| Is a DAC Worth It With Airport Express You're correct about the Airport Extreme --> PS Audio --> Onkyo Receiver setup, using a Toslink to mini-Toslink optical cable between the Airport Extreme and the DAC. You can buy optical cables that are Toslink on one end and mini-Toslink on... | |
| Higher-Fi has full page ad in dupont registry And not everyone who buys expensive audio gear does it because they appreciate great sound or great music. A dealer for Wilson speakers told me he sells a lot of systems purely because of the competition among young software gazillionaires to have... | |
| DH Labs Air Matrix IC:: Level of sound quality? I can't comment on synergy with your components but I'm using Air Matrix interconnects between the DAC and integrated amps in both my living room and office systems. I've been very happy with them through a number of component changes.As Islandman... | |
| New to Computer/Digital Music Need Help NADM15 I don't have any direct experience with your NAD M15 but according to the specs on the NAD site it has four optical digital inputs. If your Macbook was made within the last decade it almost certainly has a mini-Toslink optical output available thr... | |
| stacking components without leaving marks Plastic wrap works well. I use circular sorbothane pads in place of, or underneath, the feet of some components and apply a piece of plastic wrap to each side of the pads, then loosely trim to fit with scissors. It sticks to the sorbothane so it's... | |
| iMac Combo Headphone/Optical Out Port Cable As others have said, neither the analog nor the optical output on the G5 uses a proprietary cable. You can use either a 3.5mm stereo plug for analog output or a mini-Toslink to Toslink for digital. If your question is which one is preferable, it's... | |
| $2000 Budget for a speaker + integrated amplifier The John Blue JB3's are absolutely remarkable speakers and very well suited for an office or bedroom system. I'm extremely happy with them in an office system driven by a Jolida FX-10 tube integrated that's rated at 10 watts. It has more than enou... | |
| Need Help in having Itunes Tag 1 Tb of lssless Wav I agree with Herman. There's absolutely no reason to use a format like .wav when there are alternatives that offer the same or better fidelity without the problems with metadata that can't be avoided with .wav files. | |
| Marcia Ball, "Louisiana 1927". Nice post, Orpheus10. The Randy Newman original and the Aaron Neville version, along with several others, make a nice song rotation at this tragic moment. | |
| Rip stereo to mono Al is right about Audacity, it's fairly easy to convert stereo tracks to mono using it, though I haven't tried it with FLAC files. Instructions are here. | |
| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus Grege, Shadorne - my experience has been the same. While I'm perfectly willing to accept that some people can distinguish differences between lossless files and high bit-rate mp3's, what I've found is that at 256 or 320 kbps I stop thinking about ... | |
| best sounding integrated for under 2500.00 Any of the Simaudio integrateds could work for you. I've had the I-5 and I-5 LE and been very happy with them playing everything from rock to Bach. |