stateradiofan

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New USB and Toslink cables
I use the Wireworld Ultraviolet cable in my system. I am very happy with the sound especially for the price. It may be a tad bright in certain systems like mine DAC1/Proac Speakers. I am actually waiting to see what the new Wireworld Starlight 5 c... 
How to configure a PC for outstanding Audio?
Al,I do use the Tascam US-144 as a USB to SPDIF converter. It was works well in my setup with great sound. As far as I know there is no d/a or a/d conversion with this unit if you are sending out via SPDIF. It does include analog out but I wasn't ... 
How to configure a PC for outstanding Audio?
I have been using a dedicated PC as my main source for about two years. These are some of the tweaks I have used to improve sound quality in my Windows XP system.1. Using high quality PSU. I recently upgraded to the Corsair HX850 with great result... 
Why is J River better than iTunes on PC?
The short answer is... Hell yes J River is better. Its impossible to output in ASIO with the PC version of iTunes. There was a workaround with an old plugin called multiplugin that allowed iTunes to act as the GUI for Foobar2000 but It is no longe... 
Benchmark DAC
The same question could be asked about any number of products on Audiogon. It makes me laugh when people like Celtic66 say product A will "smoke" product B in something as subjective as musicality.