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24/192 Music Downloads and why they make no sense
From our experience, the quality of recording and mastering are the paramount factors effecting sound quality (not to mention performance itself....).It seem to me both theoretically and experimentally that for Hi-Rez playback the most important i... 
USB Cable with No Power
"Even the USB cable with no power wire in it still needs a ground wire in it or it will not work "Exactly. This why Entreq USB cables I recommend have a ground wire(Eartha) as well as the grounding box (Maxumus).SimonMusica Pristina 
USB Cable with No Power
"Who makes such a cable? "- Entreq. They developed USB cable(s) for $100k dCS and we work with them.SimonMusica Pristina 
Luxman D-06 digital input can accept 192khz
Sorry...Simon 
Best digital converter $5k under
Audiooracle,Have you ever compared Auralic Vega to Resonessence Labs Invicta Mirus. Both have similar technolgies, both I believe, are based on ESS Sabre DAC, both have identical specs for jitter (153 fermoseconds) so its not the accident. Both us... 
Luxman D-06 digital input can accept 192khz
This question is best address to Luxman or their rep in USAGood Luck 
Do I need to re-rip?
From my experience, comparing sound quality from CD's ripped in WAV versus these ripped in FLAC and then converted into WAV - I would stongly advise you to re-rip your CD collection in WAV. Don;t forget to use quality ripping software and...and th... 
Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ......
Doggiehowser: To my regeret I did not auditioned EMM Labs DAC2. However, knowing reputatio of the designer you probably cannot go wrong with this choiceAudioeng: Lets not play with words, please. Typical average DAC has PPL i.e. as the rule, it ha... 
USB Cable with No Power
To follow Elisabeth.You have a few options if you MUST go this way.First you must understand that desire not to use PC power is the desire not to carry ground noise to your DAC, so:1 Use dedicated server where this problem (and, hopefully, many ot... 
Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ......
Topmostaudio: Inteface Converter, by itself is not revolutionary step. There ara companies which produce them for years under different names e.g. PS Audio, Linn etc and their sound quality vary.Today, IMO, is much cheaper to produce very high qua... 
Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ......
Topmostaudio: I believe your comparison between regular computer and music server (where you should not be able to run your 3D graphics) is correct. " It [music server] will be an alternate transport which happen to use some processor and useless ... 
Computer audio, I am not convinced yet ......
There is common misperception that if a DAC has jitter rejection circuitry and stand-alone clocks then its immune from the imperfections of the incoming digital signal. Its not correct, the principle “garbage in – garbage out” is applied to this s... 
Linear ATX Power Supply
Dan92075,Galvanic isolation on the USB input of your DAC is good thing to have, however, it is by far not enough to receive clean signal into your DAC. This is because the data stream your DAC get is already "spoiled" by one ot another degree by t... 
Joule Electra VZN100 Replace with what?
" The designer I found, is NOT a friendly or supportive fellow"Hello,Factual information: Joule-Electra does not produce tube cages you asked Jud to sell.Jud replied in timely manner (usually within 24 hours) that he cannot help you and suggested ... 
Any thoughts on ayon cd2s
Hi: Beware that once you will wish to use digital inputs e.g. with server for hirez downloads and ripped CD's - you have two digital inputs. One coaxial will take all PCM formats (not DSD) another USB also work with PCM only and more importantly d...