May 20, 200917 yr They're not exactly the same -- with lossless compression, it still needs to be decoded, so depending on your computer's capabilities, and what else you're doing, there could be slight differences...but since most people can't even hear jitter, and this being another order of magnitude less audible...the statement still smells of manure.
May 20, 200917 yr Is it theoretically possible that the dude's computer is sooooo shitty that it struggles to decode compressed files in a timely manner? I can't imagine these cats being very computer savvy. I mean, they all love the Sooloos, which to me screams retard.
May 20, 200917 yr My HP mini note stumbles with iTunes, but it manifests itself as complete pauses/breaks in the music. Same with foobar + flac.
May 20, 200917 yr My HP mini note stumbles with iTunes, but it manifests itself as complete pauses/breaks in the music. Same with foobar + flac. You you have the 2133 series, or the 1000 series?
May 20, 200917 yr HP 2133, with vista 32bit business, iirc. its current use is tv-viewing/internet-surfing-while-at-the-parents-house-on-weekend-visits, so it never really ended up being an audio-based tool, as I originally planned. The mac mini is much more desirable at work. (the 2133 had at one point been my work-audio computer, along with a pico)
May 20, 200917 yr I recall an article about an author claiming that computers using AMD processors for music servers sounded better than ones using Intel
May 20, 200917 yr Author Computer audio may be relatively new territory, but it's certainly already proving fertile ground for the sprouting of the familiar old shoots of audiophile lunacy. I was just reading a thread over on Audio Asylum where some guy was proudly reviewing his new semi-custom $1,000+ USB cable which purports to spin silk into gold by omitting both the VBUS and ground lines.
May 20, 200917 yr Computer audio may be relatively new territory, but it's certainly already proving fertile ground for the sprouting of the familiar old shoots of audiophile lunacy. I was just reading a thread over on Audio Asylum where some guy was proudly reviewing his new semi-custom $1,000+ USB cable which purports to spin silk into gold by omitting both the VBUS and ground lines. I'm reminded of ...
July 3, 200916 yr Author Found these knocking around the Web. First I've seen of the insides as I've not opened mine. Edited July 3, 200916 yr by Hopstretch
July 3, 200916 yr What are the little brown wires kinda floating around? They look like PCB "fixes" to me.
July 3, 200916 yr Hope that is a pre-production board. Otherwise that would be shameful from such a respected company.
July 3, 200916 yr Author Hope that is a pre-production board. Otherwise that would be shameful from such a respected company. No idea. The pictures were in an Audio Asylum thread. Guess now I have a reason to open mine.
July 3, 200916 yr I bet those are "Mods". The op-amps and some capacitors for the DAC I/V stage have been removed. Likely replaced with a passive resistor I/V. You can see some of the holes for the capacitors still have solder in them
July 3, 200916 yr I bet those are "Mods". The op-amps and some capacitors for the DAC I/V stage have been removed. Likely replaced with a passive resistor I/V. You can see some of the holes for the capacitors still have solder in them That would explain it!
July 4, 200916 yr Author Must have been a (very) early prototype. The real McCoy doesn't look anything like that inside. Phew. Crappy pictures to follow.
July 4, 200916 yr Shit........... where IS that drool smiley!!?!? thanks for ripping apart your dac for me to have stroke material... V.interesting that the USB receiving circuitry is on its own board... mayhaps something with more inputs coming or possible to hack on...
July 4, 200916 yr Author Shit........... where IS that drool smiley!!?!? thanks for ripping apart your dac for me to have stroke material... V.interesting that the USB receiving circuitry is on its own board... mayhaps something with more inputs coming or possible to hack on... I kinda had to know if it had random bits of point-to-point wiring inside. Ayre is in Colorado, thought maybe Charles Hansen went Mikhail! Edited July 4, 200916 yr by Hopstretch
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