external DACs with our SB3s. I don't hear
any difference between my SB3 feeding my DAC, and my Mac MCD201 feeding
my DAC. The SB3 and DAC don't sound as good as my MCD201's analog
outputs, but then the CD player cost 3x what the SB3 +
rg/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=54 the folks there
should be able to give you lots of advice. I know that my local Mac
dealer also sells B&Ws, and demonstates Mac gear with them.
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understand what
matters in achiveing this goal, and what is hype, as much as by
believing everything you read in "audiophile" magazines or on the web.
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y quite a few other, less expensive Chinese made DACs (some below
$200) if you're trying to keep costs down.
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Damn dogs.
For my other gear, I just trained the dog to walk over and adjust the
controls from the faceplates, with her snout. Unfortunately, I can't
do this with my SB3, since it doesn't have any controls on the
faceplate. Time to talk to the wife about getting a
re
comfortable that you know what jumper to change, you shouldn't hurt
anything by doing so.
And not having any advance expectations as to whether the sound should
get better or worse should make your reaction to the change more likely
to be
y've had to cover up.
iTunes doesn't give this level of control or information, so you don't
know for sure if the file on your hard drive is bit for bit identical
with the original CD.
It's easy to get these two issues con
the same as if it were a directory on my local drive. I
usually just let Max organize the music folder for me - it sets up a
directory for each artist, and subdirectories for each album,
automatically. But it's easy to tweak if I need to fix something,
like, say,
eezebox makes it simple to keep the two libraries
separate.
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ines pass out on
international flights, just because they're more comfortable.
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ou may end up having to swap the output jack for one that fits the SB,
but that should be easy if you know how to solder. You also need to
make sure that the polatity of the jack is correct for the SB.
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an 2 mike
minimalist. (I count about 16 mikes above the orchestra at the Chicago
Symphony at Orchestra Hall, and they aren't there for the live audience)
Most jazz and blues is similar. But rock and pop is ge
s the same as
with any instrument. Even the human voice is not useful as a reference
if it's subject to the processing used on most pop recordings.
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software, and if Max didn't work for you I don't have any
suggestions for alternatives. Maybe OSX 10.5 will have a solution
built in.
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o FLAC on my
MacBook Pro. It's a little slow, but does a very good job. It also
will download album titles and track names from an online database. I
believe the current version is native on both Power PC and Intel Macs,
but check the website to be sure.
Bes
325xi;183329 Wrote:
> Is there anything like that (Canare and Belden cabling, Neutrik
> connectors, quality build) available in Canada?
I don't know for sure, but Markertek may ship to Canada.
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layer of a SACD
into my Slimserver library, though.
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bobschneider;181831 Wrote:
> Same here, now that I have my Li Te DAC-60. Using 88kHz FLAC files, SB3
> shows 88.2kHz, DAC shows 44.1kHz, and the music is at half speed from
> either the DAC or the SB3's analog outputs.
>
> I'll get the 88kHz WAV files scanned back i
terday. So far it sounds quite good - a
definate step up from the SB3's analog outputs. But I can't really say
whether it's $100 better than the base DAC 60, or $100 worse than the
DAC 62, since I've never hea
s 44.1kHz, and the music is at half speed
from either the DAC or the SB3's analog outputs.
I'll get the 88kHz WAV files scanned back in, and see how those work
with the external DAC - with the SB3's analog outputs, I just got
n
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
> Thanks. The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I checked
> the WMA file in Windows Media Player, and Properties says it's an 88kHz
> file. So it looks like I got this right.
>
> Still quite a pain to have to do two conversions
e to
play on my SB3, even if each conversion is lossless.
I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite
DAC-60) in the next couple of days. When I get a chance, I'll check to
see if the SB3 can pass an 88kHz signal to it, using e
t, and my SB3 plays the FLACs just fine. It's
also showing this as an 88.2kHz file, though - ??
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are losses, shouldn't there be no loss in the
transcoding? If with either one you can reconstruct the original file
bit for bit, why would transcoding change this? It will take more
processor power, but I don't see any other downsides.
Now, transcoding lossy formats is an
same basic DAC, with most of the same mods (which
I've done myself), and am very happy with it.
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