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| Do you swap cables when using a headphone amp? If your Pathos has a tape out, you can connect the headphone amp to it. If it doesn't, you will need to use a Y-connector or swap cable. | |
| mac mini Here is what I did.- Get a Benchmark DAC-1 USB.- Connect Mac Mini to DAC-1 using USB cable.- Connect DAC-1 to master system.- Run Audio Midi Setup on the Mac, select DAC-1 as Default Output, change Format to 96,000Hz and 2ch-24bit, set both volume... | |
| New Product......Intelligent Box Well, I can say for sure the reviewer isn't very intelligent. The card clearly marked "Cut here before use" but he didn't. So how could the device even work?I agree, there is one born every minute... | |
| DIY solid gold interconnects? Gold is not as good a electric conductor as silver or copper so why do you think gold wire is the way to go? | |
| Digital downloads better than redbook audio? Optical (Toslink), coax, and USB are all capable of moving 24/96 signal. I use an USB cable connecting a Mac Mini to a Benchmark DAC-1 only because I couldn't find a long enough optical cable with a mini optical connector. | |
| Benchmark DAC 1 - first thoughts Drubin, There are jumpers inside that allow you to change its gain. Details are all documented in the manual.Make sure you try driving the power amp directly, you might be surprised by how good it sounds. | |
| Digital downloads better than redbook audio? Soren, Both Mac and Windows PC are able to send 24/96 signal out to a DAC without downsampling, as long as the DAC is capable of decoding high res signal. | |
| Are interconnect cables worth $15,000? Are they worth it? Sure they are if you were Steve Jobs and you wanted peace in mind knowing that no one can criticize you for not spending enough in interconnects. | |
| Digital downloads better than redbook audio? There are 24/96 download available already. Have you tried these sites?http://www.highdeftapetransfers.com/http://www.linnrecords.com/http://www.itrax.com/ | |
| Next step in upgrading my home theater system?? How does your room look like. Maybe it is time to consider treating the room first before putting more money into the system. | |
| Another NAS Question I am a little confused by your question. Are you trying to have all your music stored on a NAS device and have those music played by iTunes running on a Mac? If so, your Mac must be power on in order to run iTunes.If you are going to use SONOS con... | |
| Why Can't Tubes Be Mass-Produced Cheaply? Dan_ed,Be careful when you buy NOS tubes. Many so called NOS tubes for sale are actually used tubes. Perhaps that is one of the reasons you experienced roll off highs and lows. | |
| Best Sounding Rhapsody in Blue The one I like most is from "Gershwin: All The Works For Orchestra & For Piano & Orchestra" played by Jeffrey Siegel (Piano) and Leonard Slatkin conducting St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. It is a double 24/96 DVD set from Classic. I rip it i... | |
| Powering up amp Avguygeorge,Turn on sequence:Turn on preamp, turn down volume, turn on power amp.Turn off sequence:Turn down volume, turn off power amp, turn off preamp.If you still get noise, there is something wrong with your power amp. You should have it check... | |
| McIntosh MC275 original amplifier Rick, how does MC275 compare to your Hurricane? Do you still have them? |