williewonka
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| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? I don't know why this works - but it does...I was pondering the construction of spdif cables, some of which can get quite complex, but it made me wonder why, especially when LAN cables contain just four twisted pairs and carry digital signals for ... | |
| Schiit Bifrost with USB & Uber upgrades Zman - I think you'll like the improvement the computer/v-link combo will provide.If you have any questions ask away :-) Regards | |
| Schiit Bifrost with USB & Uber upgrades Zman - what DAC do you have?Can you post your findings when you get the v-link please - always interesting to find out how others made out.Since you make your own cables - here's something I tried just on a whim...- I didn't really have a great S/... | |
| Schiit Bifront or Musical Fidelity M1 OK - so, considering my posts above, some might consider my latest development to be a bit of a 180...In recent days I started to look at other DAC's since I felt my Bifrost was still not performing up to the abilities of my analogue rig - it shou... | |
| Schiit Bifrost with USB & Uber upgrades OK - second last update...If you a looking at getting a USB port for your Bifrost or Gungnir then get the v-Link192 instead. It's $15 cheaper as well, but you'd better hurry - Musical Fidelity have discontinued them - but they are on eBayIt is a s... | |
| USB SQ, what can one expect Cerrot - you are correct...Simply put...- USB does send data in packets - each packet contains a CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check - the CRC tells the DAC whether the packet received was identical to the packet sent- Asynch USB allows the DAC to reque... | |
| cable advice Almarg - I get your point :-) But if the KLEI's are too pricey I would recommend taking a look at Signal Cables Silver Resolution series for very good performance and more reasonable pricingRegards. | |
| USB SQ, what can one expect One other way to reduce/eliminate noise on the USB cable is to use the dual USB cables such as the one I identified on my first post of this threadAnd we come full circle :-) Back to the tunes | |
| Db Power Amp - is there a better ripper out there? Has anyone had issues related to ripping 16/44 content from SACD'sThe first track always presents issues and go through the re-ripping process using dbPoweramp.Subsequent tracks are trouble freeThanks | |
| cable advice Take a look at KLE Innovations gZero line - they are exceptional value.http://kleinnovations.com/kle-innovations-klei-products/I have tried the gZero3, 6, 10 and settled on the gZero20 IC's and I own both the gZero3 speaker cables on my A/V system... | |
| USB SQ, what can one expect Cerrot - please don't interprit this post as me being argumentative, since I am all about getting to the bottom of things and the USB vs S/PDIF debate has been ongoing for some time.I just did some surfing on the web and found this article, which ... | |
| USB SQ, what can one expect Cerrot - some might say - you are talking out of your USB port :-)Perhaps you are correct if you are referring to USB 1.0 ports in both computer and DAC, but with asynchronous USB 2.0 in both - it's a whole different ball game. Especially if the D... | |
| AMR DP-777, what am I missing ? Essrand - Did you setup Audirvana to up-sample or not?I do not up-sample at all and disable the volume control - my DAC seems "happier" with that configWRT iMac vs Mac-Mini- When my iMac's hard drive failed the technicians really messed up the dis... | |
| Db Power Amp - is there a better ripper out there? Zd543 - thanks for the pointer - all is clear now :-) | |
| Db Power Amp - is there a better ripper out there? Mapman - what do you use the tagging for?Thanks |