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Bought a DAC, Do i need an expensive CD player?
To transfer or import music from cd: First put the cd that you want to import into the computer drive. By default, whenever you put a cd into your computer, itunes will look it up on the net, get the track info and import it into your library. To ... 
Wadia 521 or Berkeley DAC
I have the wadia 521 with greatnorthen sound co mods and it a very good dac. I read the review that robert harley wrote and he does say that the berkeley is the best dac he has ever listen to. He even bought the review model so i guess he really l... 
Wadia, Benchmark Questions..
I can answer on of your question about the wadia. The wadia i170 blue light does not come on. It never worked even on the pre-production model. Yes you are getting a digital signal from the wadia even though the light is not on. If you open the un... 
dCS Puccini Clock
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wadia 781i vs dcs puccini
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wadia 781i vs dcs puccini
Wilson 6 speaker and jeff rowland 312 amp have wadia hooked direct to amp. My cable are stereovox i found to very good for price. 
dCS Puccini Clock
You would think for 6,000 you would here an improvement in sound of the puccini. Could you use an esotric clock with the puccini or does it have to be the u-clock? 
wadia 781i vs dcs puccini
I want to get one box unit, something that sound better in the bass than my wadia 781i. It has to have built in volume control. I have not listen to the dcs puccini if you have any suggestion let me know. 
wadia 781i vs dcs puccini
Flashunlock i was thinking that also about my wadia 781i. It is really soft in the low end. I was thinking of going with dcs puccini since it has a preamp feature like the wadia. 
Understanding the Wadia 170i Transport
The wadia i170 does not have a dac. It's only purpose is to bypass the dac in the ipod and send the digial signal to an outboard dac. The sound quality of the wadia i170 is dependent on the dac you use. The better the dac the better the sound you ... 
Mark Levinson 36 dac or Theta Gen V Best?
Herman is right very old dacs. If i were going choose between the m.l 36 and theta V i would pic the theta better bass and soundstage. I owned both of these dacs about 10 years ago but i also had a better transport. 
What footer best under cd player
I would keep stock feet and put an isolation platform ginko clound 11 works really well. 
asi wadia i170
magnumpi205 did you get the full mod with clock and battery power supply? 
wadia i170 meassured jitter level
Brianmgrarcom why do think company's like dcs and esoteric deal with the jitter befor the dac? They have outboard clocks to deal with jitter before the dac does? So just because you dac does a good job of reducing the jitter it cant be better than... 
wadia i170 meassured jitter level
What ever the case is the wadia i170 or the ipod it still has a very high measured jitter from the digital output. I just wanted to know how much. The jitter affects the sound quality of the transport, the lower the jitter the better. Just like in...