williewonka
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| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Tim - I have taken a look at the user manual for the Oppo BDP105 and although it appears you can access media files on a NAS drive over a wireless network it starts getting quite complex and if you have never done this type of thing before it can ... | |
| Any truth to keeping the retail prices the same ? I'm with rest of the guys - I have a $600 dac into a $1700 integrated amp into $4000 speakers - all hooked up with quality cables.On the analogue side I use a $229 cartridge in a $2000 turntable - sounds great!Component Synergy is key - use your e... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Tim - If your concern that the router will not have enough connection capability -then you should be ok - most routers of this type can handle upwards of 100 wireless links - at least the ones I have worked with - which include Bell and RogersI th... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Tim - it's actually Steve - aka Willie But there is a nice ring to Mr. Wonka :-) Your setup appears to be quite different from my own in that my computer is wired to the system and all remote function is provided via my tablet that controls playba... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Al - thanks for the correction - it is raid 1.My situation regarding neigbours - I have between 4 and 10 routers active depending on the time of day from surrounding households, and changing channels never completely fixed the problem. Add to that... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE The spec on the NAS will state whether it has RAID quite clearly - you only need "RAID 0" - the ability to mirror.The D-Link NAS supports Raid and are very easy to setup.You might want to go to a good computer store since there are better quality ... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE If you are going NAS then make sure you implement a Raid Mirror - I've had to re-load all my CD's because of disk failure - a raid mirror will protect against a single HD failure and recover from it without any re-loading - just replace the defect... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE I'll second the wired approach - I tried wireless for a few months and it really depends on your neighbours/familly members wireless usage. They can cause a lot of dropouts.In the end went wired only and never looked back.My NAS is a Sharecentre f... | |
| Lateral move or real upgrade? Just looked it up and the macbook pro has it, but not the airThe v-link is your best option - stick with thatRegards | |
| Anyone Damp the insides of your Speaker Cabinets? There are many ways of bracing, but introducing anything that affects the internal reflective properties of an enclosure may result in acoustic changes that are undesirable.Shelves with hole(s) are used often, but it is calulated and incorporated ... | |
| Lateral move or real upgrade? Don't see any problem with that - if works for your current config then it should be ok with the Bifrost. Saves you $150 as well :-) What computer are you using?Does it have optical out? e.g. the headphone socket on current mac's is dual use for o... | |
| Lateral move or real upgrade? I would probably agree with Rotarius if you are going with the standard Bifrost, but with the UBER analogue upgrade you in effect getting an analogue section that is from the Gungnir - which I think would be a noticeable upgrade.From their web sit... | |
| Lateral move or real upgrade? You do not have to uninstall Bitperfect, just disable it.I setup Audirvana so that it does not upsample and disabled volume controls and equalizer functions - just playback of the digital data right from the files.Audirvana support is also very re... | |
| Lateral move or real upgrade? Oooops, one last item...I also second the Audirvana route - I also tried Bitperfect, but found Aurdirvana to be much better and it integrates nicely with iTunes, which I control from my droid tablet with 'Retune", another very good program.I use a... | |
| Lateral move or real upgrade? If you go with the bifrost make sure you...- get the UBER analogue upgrade- get a good power cable - like those from Signal Cable should suffice- get a really good interconnect - again, the silver Resolution interconnect from Signal cable is great... |