williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| DAC for iMac System Mesch - you might get a used one with USB for $300, but it won't have the Uber Upgrade which makes all the difference.Mentioning the Bifrost was just so J135 knew I had experience of some of their Schiit :-)The Modi and Loki are more in the price ... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Tim - it's sounding much betterI liked the part about pushing to the Oppo with the laptop - that's a nice feature of JRiver and sounds very simple.Hope everything goes smoothly. | |
| Streaming, Apple TV, Tell me why not. I forgot one compelling reason - direct from the Apple support persons mouth...When I explained I was getting dropouts when using the Apple TV...Oh, you're using WAV files - it doesn't work great with WAV files - convert all your WAV's to mp3 then... | |
| DAC for iMac System Take a look at Schiit product - I have the bifrost and it is excellent with the optional UBER analogue upgrade.They also have the Modi DAC for $99 and the Loki, a DSD processor for $150.They make some very good product | |
| Streaming, Apple TV, Tell me why not. I started with the Apple TV in wireless mode streaming from my itunes library on my imac, then switched to wired and the dropouts reduced significantly. Upgrading the power cord on the apple TV improved quality considerably and also using a DH Lab... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Tim - here's a thought - is there anywhere near you that has the Oppo in a system so you can go and get a detailed demo of the interface?That could save a lot of time and streamline your decision makingThe one thing I have found with the media str... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Al - I get the impression that Tim's ultimate goal is to have a seperate hard drive next to the Oppo (connected in some manner) and Tim sitting in his listening chair with his laptop, using JRiver to control the next track to play, or downloading ... | |
| 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... |