BMP's SystemThe Apple TV is terrible for transferring music. Go out and find a used Auralic Mini and you will find a very nice improvement in SQ and Tidal streaming functionality using Auralic’s DS Lightning s... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
The Winds on Tiger MountainDid you get a h360? I had the h100 and bought a new h300 and there was a huge difference. I’m selling my h300 if interested, I bought new equipment and had to go with something much more powerful a... posted over 6 years ago | View comment | |
sonic blissAre you using any room treatments in your room? I am building a new house and my new dedicated audio room will be the exact dimensions as your room and I also have the usher cp-6381's. I do current... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
my escapealso, if you are using apple lossless, you will notice that you are getting a bit rate of about 1000k when ripping cd's. i use xld to rip my cd's to itunes and the bit rate has jumped up to over 14... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
my escapei have had some tube dacs and now have all solid state dacs. all using coax from jitter devices. i heard the ps audio dac last year at rmaf (it was a prototype of the new 1 coming out). listen to t... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Simaudio, Dynaudio, Mac Mini, a Closetthe bit rate when i use xld is 1411 kbps. if i don't use xld, i get around 1000 kbps straight apple lossless. using xld increases the size of the file to 3 times the size without xld. for example, ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Simaudio, Dynaudio, Mac Mini, a Closeti have heard the benchmark using the usb connection and i didn't like the sound compared to using the other connections. but i also think there are better sounding dacs than the benchmark and purch... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Simaudio, Dynaudio, Mac Mini, a Closetdrubin - i agree with you on usb dacs. i haven't heard a good 1 yet. the new audio research dac 7 might be a good 1. i listened to it at rmaf (using coax and toslink) and it sounded very nice. the ... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Found Sound!i have had totems for many years now. i used to have the model 1's, arros, and now have a couple of pairs of mani 2's and their in-walls. i prefer totem speakers. posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Found Sound!i was reading a reply of yours and you had a great find in the mites! posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Simaudio, Dynaudio, Mac Mini, a Closeti use wireless and hard wired from either a mac computer or from airport express devices. then from these devices i go into a jitter removal/reduction device and then into an external dac by digita... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Simaudio, Dynaudio, Mac Mini, a Closeta dedicated connection is always best. with audio, 802.11g is fine and would be the minimum i would use, but 802.11n will provide better coverage and much faster speeds. posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
my escapeall you really need a an old mac mini (g4) with 1gb ram to run itunes for your system. what really improved the sound was adding a jitter reduction device between the mac/airport express and the da... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Simaudio, Dynaudio, Mac Mini, a Closeti have read many articles on using the usb port for audio purposes and they all don't recommend it. even the articles on using a usb dac have not been positive. the other reason i wouldn't go with ... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Simaudio, Dynaudio, Mac Mini, a Closeti would add a jitter elimination device between the mac and the dac. i them installed in my systems throughout the house. huge difference. posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
A Laptop but no CDs, Vinyl or Preampnice setup. i have close to the same setup. from the airport express (wired or wireless), i go into a jitter reduction device before going into my dac. the jitter device made a big difference to th... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Home Office and Music Centerwhat other speaker cables did you try before ending up with the totem? i currently use a shotgun pair of wires for my mani's and i'm going to need a longer pair shortly. posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
chrisdscott's stereoi agree with the replies above. i also have 2 pairs of beaks on my totem mani-2 speakers. posted over 20 years ago | View comment |