shazam
Responses from shazam
| When using a DAC does the cd player really matter? Assuming you use an external DAC, the biggest need is for the transport to accurately create a digital stream. Not all transports are created equal. Quality of the physical components, good circuit design, noise free power supply, and the quality ... | |
| Oppo983H--unmodificationalizationalized Have either of you plugged in a USB drive and listened to file based music through it? Just curious as to what formats it supports and how it sounds. | |
| ModWright Transporter I've borrowed a Transporter for the week-end from my local dealer to compare it to my current Sonos/PS Audio DAC combo. I have to say that I am underwhelmed thus far by the stock Transporter. While the sound is more 'analog' and better with listen... | |
| Convert Flac to Wav - how to & HD space need? Like Osgorth, I too am a computer programmer/analyst and share his skepticism about "ghosts in the machine." The only difference between a FLAC and a WAV file is that a FLAC is stored using a type of "zip" file compression that reduces physical sp... | |
| ModWright Transporter I've used Poikosoft in addition to EAC and find it does a good job as well. The rip speed should be set to automatic and determined by the software based on quality settings.As for compression, the amount of compression can also affect playback de... | |
| What is the benefit of a good transport? Jitter is essentially the inherent problem of a digital signal (bits of information) living in an analogue environment (time). Errors arise because the transport must read the information off the disk and convert it into a time encoded digital str... | |
| ModWright Transporter Jamnperry - congratulations, you are the first reviewer I've read that actually compares the mod to the stock. If you would, please come back and write more after you've had time to sit with some of your favorite recordings. I'll be interested esp... | |
| ModWright Transporter I agree that not comparing the stock to the mod left the review missing something for me too. For component reviews, comparison to something that is a known is the only way a reader can have a frame of reference. Comparing the Transport to CD play... | |
| ModWright Transporter Kck, I think you hit the nail on the head. I want to actually hear the differences myself, or at least hear from someone who has. I went to the Slim Devices boards and read enough to see that for many people there wasn't a significant difference b... | |
| ModWright Transporter Cappuccino, by using an external DAC, are you saying you don't like the ModWright DAC that is part of the Transporter or was that just for A/B comparison?Also curious if you are using a pre-amp or going straight to your amp and using the volume co... | |
| Are upgraded power cables really worth the money? I live in a 50 year old house with 50 year old wiring. And yes, I was skeptical about power cords. I tried a couple when I was first assembling my system and wasn't too impressed. Part of my skepticism was an engineer friend telling me since my so... | |
| ModWright Transporter oops, just found the "next" button on the six moons review - several more pages of good info. Read it here:http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/modwright3/transporter.html Still, I'd love to hear from anyone here who has been able to audition one. I... | |
| What is under $5k speaker with best bass slam? Doug,As a fellow drummer, I'll chime in with an opinion. If what you are after is for the low end to be more "lively", then strictly looking for slam capabilities may still leave you wanting. I actually found what I wanted by looking for an extrem... | |
| PC wav lossless vs MAC apple lossless Markny, the USB input may well be where you are hearing a difference. You can't just use the same $2 radio shack usb cable that you would use for data because there is no verification or talkback for USB audio (unless it is an asynchronus USB conn... | |
| PC wav lossless vs MAC apple lossless 1. The K-mixer that Windows uses can cause distortions (it tries to "modify" the signal like an equalizer and/or volume control) and has to be deactivated. Check into this:http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_XP_Audio_Playback_-_Se... |