all about pc and audio thoughts ...


i most share with you all here my little experince with combinations of pc and audio.
im love music and i have expensive hifi system devore fidelity nines speakers and leben cs600 amp and used cary cdp1 has asource.
i live in israel and im read alot of all pc audio things programm like amarra ,foobare j.river. asio for all drivers and waspi and more...
i talk with expert in pc and he say to me that it cant be any proggram that make the sound better ?
and i like to how is the best way to do rip for all my cds in home do i need specials proggram?
and any suggest for pc or if i used mini pc like zotac small and i used only the pc in usb port
any suggestions for proggram or pc or dac to win my old cd player cary cdp1 ??
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Showing 2 responses by dtc

Realremo - JRiver does have a memory playback option. It does it on a track by track basis. Loading up a track takes negligible time and is done at the very end of the last track and during the gap. This method means the amount of memory available on a system is not a limiting factor, except for very long tracks. It supports kernel streaming and WASABI and has WASABI Event Mode, which is a version optimized for aysync USB DACs.
Realremo - J River does not believe memory playback really adds much to a properly functioning, well tuned system and I do not really hear a difference using it. I agree that using WASAPI or kernel streaming versus going through a mixer are more important than memory playback. Trying to run J River and iTunes in parallel should be doable, but also a potential nightmare for tagging, cover art, etc. IMO, the main strength of JPlay is minimizing the effect of other activity on the system, so I am not surprised it helps on your work environment laptop. On a well tuned, dedicated system, I am not convinced it provides much sound improvement.