shazam
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| Compressed mp3's - what to do with them? If you are committed to the existing files, don't spend too much money else you will start to cringe at the defects in the .mp3 files that a good piece of equipment will reveal. try a Fubar 2 USB dac for $137 and see if that doesn't float your boa... | |
| Software Recommendation - CD Ripping to FLAC EAC is the best ripping software but can be complicated to use if you want to know what all the settings are instead of just accepting the defaults. Poikosoft is probably the best combination of ease of use and quality verification in my view. EAC... | |
| Need advice on formats for vinyl recordings Jlc, consider a Slim Devices Transporter instead of a DAC and USB connection. This puts everything into the wi-fi realm where placement doesn't matter and gives you the option of removing all mechanical devices (computers, hard drives, etc) from t... | |
| USB drive vs NAS for storage/streaming/back-up the scuttle I hear on the sonos message boards is support for volume normalization metadata standards (there are 2 competing standards) and possible multiple library support (i.e. you could have a "classical" library, a "jazz" library, etc). They ... | |
| Need advice on formats for vinyl recordings 1. Yes, length matters for USB when over 15 feet (the point of USB signal degradation). Kimber makes a great USB cable, but I've never used one longer than a few feet for audio. 2. iTunes works fine for most people. If you are worried about read e... | |
| looking for a DAC that will add some bottom end If you want not only deep base but 'articulate' base, get a PS Audio DL3 with a Cullen Circuits mod. It not only resolves lower frequencies better than the stock, it also opens the air around the bottom end better. You'll hear the wood of the kick... | |
| any other affordable way to upsample than x-fi? You can't add true resolution to any lossy format. Whatever resolution added is a "guess" on the part of the software. This is an absolute; whatever resolution you start with is the best you can ever do with that file. You can only accurately down... | |
| has anybody used finyl before downloading CD to pc my guess is it would not make a difference. The computer treats the CD as a data disk; it pulls off data and goes back to re-scan any sector it didn't get on the first pass. If you are ripping in "paranoid" or "secure" mode, it will keep going bac... | |
| Ripping Speed? Wave Files/Sound Quality For a long time, EAC was the only software that did truly accurate ripping because it was the only one that did data validation. Many (most?) others have caught up and are, for the most part, just as good from a technical standpoint. So long as th... | |
| USB drive vs NAS for storage/streaming/back-up Additional tweak to your Cullen modded Sonos; get a decent power cable such as the PS Audio Power Punch and you will see further elimination of the grainyness of the Sonos digital out as well as increased dynamics across the board typical in a pow... | |
| USB drive vs NAS for storage/streaming/back-up Stevenstone is right - get the computer hardware out of your listening room. Assuming you have your wireless router in a closet somewhere, get a cheap NAS and put it in there with it (I spent all of $225 on mine).One of the main benefits of Sonos ... | |
| My head hurts.... Definitely try computer audio. If you want cheap and quick - try Slim Devices SqueezeBox Duet. If you want higher fidelity, try the Slim Devices Transporter. If you want better convenience (and no need for computer) try Sonos. If you want some of ... | |
| Opinions MSB Tech Platinum Transport dac Combo. I too would like to hear opinions on MSB. Surely someone here owns or has experience with it. | |
| My head hurts.... 1) what do you have now, 2) what mediums do you prefer (SACD, DVD-A, Redbook), and 3) why are you thinking you need something different?The last one is really the key point. If you are unhappy with what you have or are just plain bored, then a cha... | |
| Leave solid state amps on? Or turn off everytime? If we all went with battery powered amps, none of this would matter ;) |