HeadphoneAddict

I met the Amarra guys at RMAF last year, and was one of the lucky few who convinced them to lock it to my Macbook Pro without the iLok dongle, PLUS give me a license on an iLok to use it with any other computer. I would hope that I can keep using version 2.1 with the iLok on our other Macs, even if I upgrade the Macbook Pro to version 2.2 or higher. On the other hand, I've heard that you can install 2.2 on two computers, and you can deactivate the software at any time to move to another computer. Is that true?

So, that little mini iHub 2 thingee got blasted by Apple.

I found an answer to my 2 wk old question about using more than 4-6 Gb RAM in my Macbook Pro: 'Secret' Firmware Update Unlocks Support for 8 GB RAM on 'Late 2008' Notebooks It appears that I do have the proper firmware and model to support 8Gb RAM with Snow Leopard. Not sure it's worth doing though, but I thought following up on this issue might help others.

I want more storage space and an optical drive built in, not external. We take it when we travel as our mobile multimedia center, and I prefer not to be stuck with an external HD and DVD hanging off the MacBook Air. I'm a computer data pack rat. My 15" has a 640Gb drive and there's only 69Gb free, so I'm thinking about a 750Gb drive upgrade. Without any iTunes and FLAC music I could fit everything on a 200Gb drive with a little left over room on the Air, but then I have to carry my 400Gb or 640Gb portable HD if I want to listen to music or watch movies. Plus I might want to use Thuderbolt accessories in the future. An Air with thunderbolt would be more appealing because I find USB2 to be too slow for copying large files or movies - I'd be more willing to store things on external if I could swap files back and forth very quickly to keep what I want on the internal drive. Right now it can take an hour to copy 60-80Gb from external to internal or back.

The new 13.3" 2.7 Ghz i7 Macbook Pro looks pretty appealing to me, for the faster speed, longer battery, and better portability than my 15" Pro. I love the idea of the Macbook Air, but I don't see it taking over as my desktop replacement portable like the 13.3" could be.

Sorry, but I can't replicate your problem. I just could not get a weird noise floor, like white noise, or any other artifacts. Once when we did a meet at my home and compared 6 DACs we could all hear a faint clicking noise in the background of Naamanf's Bufallo 32 DAC, although it was hard for me to hear it until I knew what to look for. However, at RMAF 2009 we heard exactly what you are describing when we fed an Apple TV 1G into a Digital Link III, and we assumed it was possibly jitter or something, since the ATV is reported to have very high levels as a transport. The ATV however sounds fine with the PWD via optical. I'm using a late 2008 Macbook Pro with a recently installed 10.6.7 install and iTunes 10.2.2. I converted The Feelies from FLAC to 24/96 ALAC files for iTunes. Audio Midi Setup is at 24/96 optical. Hardware used - I used an Emotiva TOSlink with good quality mini adapter to feed the PWD from the Macbook Pro. I had the PWD set for Native, showing 96Khz. I also found the 96K setting sounded the same. I auditioned it with my WES > O2 Mk1, plus Marantz 2240 and Nuforce HDP/Sigma 11 > Grado HF-2 and AKG K240M.

Good Job! I really respect people who go back for more education, to better themselves and open up new opportunities. And it's great that you have a supportive spouse as well. My wife just got her Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy last August, right before turning 52 years old. After being on the same job for almost 30 years, she's been in a management position for over half of that time. When she originally trained as an OT back in the "old days" people didn't need an MS for that. But in the past few years she was in charge of more and more people who had a higher degree than she had, so she decided to spend the last 2 years getting her own graduate degree. It was hard work, but she finished with all A's and even landed a part-time job as a teaching assistant in her graduate program. The degree also allowed her to get another promotion and right now she earns 20% more than she did 6 months ago! We're all so proud of her. And proud of you too!

Sorry to hear about the layoff, but we'll pray things get better for you. I got fitted for my dental crown on the new implant from last month, and after paying for half of that I spent another $250 on the two pets vet visits and shots. Then went to another art show tonight for my son's photography, but he didn't win a ribbon this time. It was a city-wide competition instead of just our school district alone. Now watching TopShot with my son.

Happy Birthday!

I like the nook for that as well. But if you have an iPhone, Touch or iPad that you can download epub docs from the library's web site, if they offer that service. For Library books you need something like OverDrive Media Console to read the Adobe ePub ebooks from the library website. That's what my local library uses.

This got interesting really quickly. Anyway, I wish I'd had a chance to buy Naaman's KGBH the first time around, but it was gone before I ever knew it was for sale. At least I got his O2 Mk1...

I learned exactly what you're saying when I was finishing my basement 5 years ago, and the damn pipes kept leaking and I couldn't sweat the joints properly with propane because it wasn't hot enough (especially after turning on the water and getting the pipes wet and leaky). Doh!

Ok, I'll try this tomorrow after I convert the files to 24/96 ALAC with MAX and put them in iTunes. I left them as FLAC and put them on my NAS server to listen with the Bridge later. So far the few songs I tried sound fine with VLC into my DACmini via 24/96 USB, but I'll try optical from Macbook > PWD. Are you using Amara Mini or anything, or just plain iTunes? Is there a particular track that is the worst offender? Also, I thought when you set the PWD to 96K you're really just turning on up-sampling, so the noise you're getting gets better with the ASRC active.

Thanks to Dusty I saved 20% on The Feelies with the first code at this link HD Tracks code

Thanks! That saved me 20% on The Feelies "Here Before" album in HD.

The stainless one with the blue face.

That's a great nook price.

The pain meds can put the gut to sleep in a sense, and could mask worsening symptoms. It can also lock up his bladder so he can't pee (been there done that).

Thanks, that's helpful about the RAM. Our 20" white Intel iMac has 3Gb RAM and a 500Gb 7200 rpm internal plus a 2Tb external - the iTunes Library takes up 1Tb of the external and the rest is for Time Machine (I clone the 2Tb drive once or twice a month and keep that drive off site). It's a late 2006 iMac that we bought in January 2007, and it's still serving us well although slowing down with a lot of server apps running - TwonkyServer, Stream to Me, DotTunes, WiiTransfer, WePrint, Printopia, iCanSource, Airphones, Airfoil, etc. I could probably eliminate a few of those.

Hoping this is something simple and he's better really quick. Hope you get some rest too, as emergency room visits usually take hours.

It's more intriguing due to the oompa loompas and bunny costumes.

You do start to get used to it over time, and it's better with some gear than others - like worse with my WA6 and better with my DACmini, or worse with my Apogee mini-DAC as source and better with my CDP-8 as source. It's easiest to hear with classical and piano music for me.

I reported this in my first impressions, so yeah, it's there in the background.

Thanks. It's cool that these old Macs still work as well as they do today. The 3Gb RAM did make a difference when I upgraded from 1Gb a couple of years ago.

Okay, look, it's really hard to keep up with what's secret and public with you; so I'm just going to have to write you off as not existing and then I can't ever say anything that you don't want said.