simontju
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| Memory playback worse than disk... Why? I have experienced exactly the same phenomenon you described (just effects are minor). I think that Davide256 is correct in that wasapi seemed hardware buffer link. I solve this problem and improved sound quality by using ASIO and not wasapi or wa... | |
| Dedicated SACD players with digital inputs? IMHO, the best SACD Player with digital input is APL HiFi.Not cheap but if you will keep it for 10 years then its worth its cost | |
| High Quality DAC versus High Quality CD/SACD There are many SACD/CD Players with digital inputs: starting from Oppo 83 and finishing with APL HiFi NWO player.This is what I have (NWO-S1) and I can use the DAC of this player along with any pc for hi-rez downloads and CD/SACD Transport for SAC... | |
| J River and choosing encoder. "....have tried APE and WAV so far and could not tell a difference"Using J River I compared the same CD ripped by WAVE and APE method and I could clearly hear the difference: WAVE has more texture and sound richer....for my ears.. | |
| Sonore v Mcintosh, Bryston, Naim, etc. into MX150 " The MX150 has full 24 Bit 192 KHz capabilities through its AES/EBU input."I believe you will be best served with Music Vault Diamond server which has very low jitter thru Lynx AES16 with AES/EBU output. I saw its ad here on Audiogon with all det... | |
| Sanders ESL Power Amp & Mono blocks "But have any of these Spectron user could try a Sanders ESL or Magtech amp? "I am sure they could but I personally am aware of only single A/B comparison which is anectodal result.Spectron amp can be taken for 30 days home trial and I believe San... | |
| Sanders ESL Power Amp & Mono blocks Hi Breezer,I am sure Magtech are fine amp, however, I owned Diapason speakers for a number of years and the best results I obtained with Spectron Musician III. I know a few more Daiaposon owners who use Spectron amp and who are pretty happy with t... | |
| Music Vault Diamond vs PS audio PWD/PWT " I own a MSB Platium Dac 111 "You have one of the best DAC's around, why mess with it? Company supports all upgardes... for money. Thus for me, its no brainer - Music Vault Diamond + fully upgarded MSB.Why do you need PWT if you state "I want to ... | |
| is there a best music player on the computer? Hello Alex,Is JRivers, on your opinion, better then MediaMonkey? If so in what areas, particualrly sound quality (WAV/FLAC)?.Thank you,Simon | |
| WAV versus FLAC Almarg: Thank you for the warning. I am going to investigate it. Simon | |
| WAV versus FLAC " ...the quality with FLAC (and other lossless formats) greatly varies on different computer configurations. So it looks like it is indeed a computer issue"Hmmmmmm, I did my "fun" experiment using relatively powerful CPU - Intel Core i7 950 3.06GH... | |
| WAV versus FLAC For what its worth, I used EAC and ripped Williams SeaSymphony - TELARC: firstly in WAV format and then in FLAC format in two separate foldersOn one hand I use low fidelity computer audio...so my results may be dubiousOn other hand - After I liste... | |
| WAV versus FLAC I wish to thank everybody who shared his or her aural observations as well as to these who shared with me their knowledge of the basics of engineering and psychology.I cannot experiment (yet) as I do not have yet the music server - blame go to Ale... | |
| Esoteric K-01 I am privilaged to own APL HiFi NWO-S1 Player which, superficially, resemble K-03 i.e. it also has 2nd generation 32-bit AKM DACs--4 per side (K-01 has 8 per side). The Transport is based on Esoteric SA-50. Output stage is based on transformers an... | |
| pass labs xa100.5 or pilinius sa 103 "..pass labs xa100.5 to replace my plinius sa 103"Why would you replace one amp with another, almost identical power capabilities and sonic signature?Both are excelllent. I owned Plinius SA-102 but it did not have enough power for my speakers so I... |