wilsynet
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| USB DAC's ? Oh, silly me. In my last response, I forgot about the original post. Sigh. Your original suggestion of the Off-Ramp is a good one.As for the Benchmark, I do not like the Benchmark sound.If you're open to using the analog inputs of the DCC2, consid... | |
| USB DAC's ? If you want to continue to use the DCC2 as a DAC, then for the very best possible sound, consider something like this:http://www.empiricalaudio.com/frComputer_Audio.html#USB%20Off-RampThe HagUSB is quite a bit cheaper, but the Empirical Audio prod... | |
| USB DAC's ? Converting from USB to SPDIF to I2S (computer to digital coax to DAC chip) is not optimal versus a well executed USB DAC which will convert from USB to I2S in one step. In general, the more you convert, the less good it's going to be.It might turn... | |
| PC Audio Choice: Mac+USB, Transporter, or Squeezbx I don't know for sure that it won't handle multiple AEs, in fact, it probably does. What it is unlikely to do, however, is stream different music from the same iTunes process to different AEs. | |
| PC Audio Choice: Mac+USB, Transporter, or Squeezbx After thinking about the Airport Express option more, I'd avoid it. iTunes won't be able to provide multiple streams to different AE targets.So I like the Duet with Duet controller.If you have a large house and you're worried about coverage, get a... | |
| PC Audio Choice: Mac+USB, Transporter, or Squeezbx Keep your Apple iBook G3, buy a 2TB external FireWire/USB drive with RAID. This will be cheaper than a standalone NAS solution, more reliable, more flexible and more powerful and will leverage what you already have. If you want to turn the externa... | |
| Experience With Grover Cables? His present email address is:groverhuffman@hotmail.comAnd there is a thread on the Steve Hoffman web site dedicated to his cables. | |
| AMR CD 77 as a usb dac for computer server Yup, that's what it's good for.Also from reading the literature, I'm interpreting that it's a USB-direct-I2S conversion, although they're not explicit about it, so you may want to ask. The good USB DACs do at least USB-I2S, but if they convert fro... | |
| benefits of adding a power amp to a budget system? thanks so much for all of your advice -- replies have been very helpful. |