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| System worthy of XLR IC? If so, any recs? You certainly do not have to spend $400 on a pair of xlr cables to find out!Get an inexpensive pair (well under $50) and try them out.The fact is that the xlr connection has greater or lesser benefits depending on what your devices do with such a ... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? Yes, the hybrid tube/ss amp is definitely worth considering in this situation. Along with the brands already mentioned, there is Jolida, Vincent, and van Alstine.I'm using the van Alstine Ultra 550 and it works very well for me. I think I'm sold o... | |
| Questions on switching to tube amplification Stereo5, you have tubes in practically all your stuff except the speakers. :)You might want to take a listen to a hybrid amp (tube input stage, SS output stage), since you have tubes at every other stage already. At least that'll make it easier to... | |
| Just got the PS Audio Perfectwav DAC -- Amazing I just went through the remarkably long description of the PW DAC on the PS Audio web site. They do not even mention how they attenuate the volume, which must mean that they do not think it is a very important issue.They do go on and on about the ... | |
| review 'db audio labs tranquility dac Yes, well, there are a gazillion music-computer tools that use firewire, and another gazillion that use usb.The firewire kind is used by the pros.The usb kind is used by the folks that shop at radio shack.The reason, plain and simple, is that fire... | |
| review 'db audio labs tranquility dac I am a little confused about something here. This dac appears to have only a USB input, right?It seems like quite a handicap to compare that with the usual digital inputs of analog coax or optical... | |
| volume level and xlr Aptquark, you know what happens to those that violate the prime directive by mentioning Planet 0. There should be a shuttle on its way now.Me, I'll just mention that I am having a hard time distinguishing between the xlr and rca outputs of my dacm... | |
| I have 1500 cds Lossless is lossless. Any difference in sound quality is due to a mistake upstream.Flac, ape, and alac (apple lossless) compress around 50%.I use a squeezebox to lift the bits off the computer and then you get two choices: straight to DAC (best) a... | |
| Just got the PS Audio Perfectwav DAC -- Amazing I don't know why you guys are not talking about this, but I think that the real issue with using the DAC to attenuate the volume is whether that is achieved by analog or digital methods.If it is done digitally, then you are definitely losing origi... | |
| Just got the PS Audio Perfectwav DAC -- Amazing The digital volume controls on the squeezebox work by changing the bits. In other words, there is some digital re-sculpting of the signal, and it's lossy.Supposedly, it gets worse as you attenuate more and more, and I don't know at what level it i... |