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1: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Today celebrates five years with MacMini ! (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-04-18, 20:50:40 (104.60.35.252)
Totally get it. Had the same experience. Company gave me android phones and tablets and the Istuff is just better on that front. Surface is close but just not the same. However just recently I had an .......
2: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Some people have all the luck ;-) (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-04-18, 20:37:48 (104.60.35.252)
I guess some do. However you missed the point. I was not struggling with PC audio, but with Mac audio. Maybe it was the 3rd party software, but the ones I tried, Amarra, HQplayer, and Audirvana seem t .......
3: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Today celebrates five years with MacMini ! (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-04-10, 11:05:00 (104.60.35.252)
you are better than I am. My Mac mini is just sitting useless under the desk. I just wanted a headless audio player and it failed miserably. I was using Ammara Play and it kind of worked. But the remo .......
4: Headphone Heights, Oh NO. Another awesome deal (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-27, 20:09:32 (104.60.35.252)
The Behringer one didn't seem to pan out for others so hopefully this one is better. Its both wired and wireless and used to cost $999 but is now 84% off .......
5: Digital Drive, RE: EMI Filter Brought Back My Happines (Longish Read) (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-21, 11:01:43 (108.234.77.201)
this worked for me: .......
6: Computer Audio Asylum, :) :) :) nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-18, 08:11:58 (108.234.77.201)
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7: Digital Drive, RE: There is no Infamous ESS/SABRE Glare.... just bad DACs (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-17, 19:24:52 (108.234.77.201)
LOL. I WAS using the DA-3000 as a player for years. These days I am feeding it with a network connection and just using it as a dac. It is phenomenal especially when you factor in its price. And its p .......
8: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Mart Moderator Update (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-17, 11:51:13 (108.234.77.201)
That's awesome! Nothing like corrupting a sibling! Well done and thanks from the asylum! .......
9: Digital Drive, RE: anyone compare the Audial S5 to the Border Patrol? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-16, 17:22:32 (108.234.77.201)
I haven't heard the S5, but I do own the Border Patrol. You won't go wrong with it, its a great sounding dac and hard to imagine you would not like its sound. That said, the S5 seems to have some more .......
10: Planar Speaker Asylum, Sad News indeed (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-16, 17:14:23 (108.234.77.201)
Mart was what made this place awesome and I think its safe to say that it probably wouldn't be here without him. Sorry for your loss. He will be missed... .......
11: Digital Drive, RE: There is no Infamous ESS/SABRE Glare.... just bad DACs (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-16, 16:37:41 (108.234.77.201)
How do those dacs compare with the DA-3000? .......
12: Digital Drive, RE: The Infamous ESS/SABRE Glare? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-10, 13:36:08 (108.234.77.201)
Hey that is great! FWIW, knowing what that choke tweak does I wouldn't ditch it either. It seems that pro gear plays nice with the mags. RME is supposedly the dac to get in its price range. ::: TOPIC: .......
13: Digital Drive, RE: The Infamous ESS/SABRE Glare? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-10, 13:33:48 (108.234.77.201)
My focusrite am2 is clean too. I am guessing that in a studio environment they take shielding more seriously than some audiophile brands since often there is a ton more equipment around. Good thing is .......
14: Digital Drive, RE: The Infamous ESS/SABRE Glare? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-09, 11:28:51 (108.234.77.201)
If your system profile is up to date, then its possible its the maggies. They act like radio antennas and in that regard a turntable will indeed sound better because it produces less RFI. It could al .......
15: Headphone Heights, Thanks nt! (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-09, 11:21:44 (108.234.77.201)
sd .......
16: Digital Drive, RE: Gustard X-16 DAC compared to Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 DAC (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-08, 16:54:40 (108.234.77.201)
Its not weird that the Focusrite sounds great, its good gear and the competition in that market tends to have great sounding products for cheap. Money isn't always indicative of performance. Though i .......
17: Inmate Central, RE: "the facts are incontrovertible that he engaged in an insurrection" (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-07, 12:25:50 (108.234.77.201)
There were witnesses and everything. It was a real trial and the conclusion of insurrection was not overturned by the Colorado supreme court and the US Supreme Court didn't dispute the lower courts' r .......
18: Inmate Central, RE: The Tyranny of America's Supreme Court (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-06, 15:20:01 (108.234.77.201)
Actually there was a court hearing on that very subject in the colorado case which was brought on behalf of Republican voters btw. They and now other courts concluded that indeed he did commit insurre .......
19: Headphone Heights, RE: Phones in the MRI machine (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-04, 07:56:56 (108.234.77.201)
Totally agree. Unfortunately I have to go every quarter to make sure the tumor didn't come back. .......
20: Inmate Central, RE: The Mystery of White Rural Rage (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-03-03, 15:49:22 (108.234.77.201)
Hey we were both drunk that weekend and said things we didn't mean. .......
21: Inmate Central, RE: The Mystery of White Rural Rage (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-29, 15:12:54 (108.234.77.201)
I am going with ignorant and gullible. I have seen it first hand. Its the religion rotting their brains. Just watch a vid from Greg Locke the pastor and you will see the ignorance. Here is a great exa .......
22: Inmate Central, RE: not all (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-28, 16:06:31 (108.234.77.201)
Meidas has been awesome in its court case coverage. Been impressed at how much detail they give and time they spend on explaining the minutia of court cases. Ground News also gives a balanced look at .......
23: Inmate Central, RE: Demagogues have always pandered to the resentment and bigotry of the ignorant (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-28, 09:26:17 (108.234.77.201)
Some crazy ones just around the Jan 6th insurrection that are easily debunked: 1. Nancy Pelosi (or was it Nikki Haley?) caused it. 2. It was just political speech that just got out of hand 3. Antifa/ .......
24: Inmate Central, RE: Tired of monkeys with marching orders (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-28, 08:55:05 (108.234.77.201)
Well said, totally agree. The question is what can we do about it? Hate and especially stupidity are tough adversaries. Dunning Krueger, confirmation bias are ripe for manipulation. Good news is alot .......
25: Headphone Heights, RE: Phones in the MRI machine (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-28, 08:45:48 (108.234.77.201)
I think its a MUST that any headphone in an MRI machine will need to be non magnetic. They probably sound great because they are premium electrostatic headphones. .......
26: Headphone Heights, RE: Phones in the MRI machine (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-27, 21:56:13 (108.234.77.201)
yep they sound like crap. One day I hope to get these: https://www.audeze.com/products/crbn .......
27: Inmate Central, RE: you will find out when it happens (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-26, 15:43:30 (108.234.77.201)
Well I doubt there will be any new evidence on my next deathbed... Again I would never let anyone go through what you did if I had the power to stop it. My book was "How To Stop Sucking" fwiw ::: TO .......
28: Inmate Central, RE: " changing ones mind about life after death " (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-26, 12:38:07 (108.234.77.201)
Sorry you went through all of that though kudos on changing your life. That sounds horrific and calls into question some sort of benevolent force in the world IMHO. Certainly if I was some omnipotent .......
29: Digital Drive, RE: You'rd confused as to which sort of "soundstage" is being discussed here (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-26, 10:18:35 (108.234.77.201)
Its clear that an individual component in the context of a system can affect the soundstage and imaging in some way but its all in the context of a system. If your speakers don't image will or aren't .......
30: Inmate Central, RE: my wife met Adam West (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-26, 10:06:30 (108.234.77.201)
If you are talking about changing ones mind about life after death when you are on your deathbed, I can tell you in my case that didn't happen. I didn't magically believe in life after death. Actually .......
31: Inmate Central, Hell on earth (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-26, 09:17:57 (108.234.77.201)
send me your address and I will send you an Air Supply cd for free! .......
32: Inmate Central, RE: F-14 Tomcat (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-26, 08:59:12 (108.234.77.201)
amazing. They even got the variable swept wings right. Pretty awesome vid .......
33: General Asylum, RE: Car Audio Question (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-26, 08:39:34 (108.234.77.201)
I might have missed it but have you tried adjusting the bass in the CAR settings? every system should have systems for the bass. .......
34: Digital Drive, RE: Yes, the whole point of stereo (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-22, 22:05:01 (108.234.77.201)
not exactly sure about individual components but this product does everything it says and allows you to adjust the soundstage. It talks about adjusting the phasing: "The circuit can move phasing to a .......
35: Digital Drive, RE: Delta-Sigma vs. R2R (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-22, 10:05:23 (108.234.77.201)
I had a buddy who went to an audio store to "listen to amps"...its all systems and rooms so good luck hearing one component in another system and venue. Sadly the myth of being able to hear one compon .......
36: Digital Drive, RE: "There is certainly no objective measure for it." (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-22, 08:59:08 (108.234.77.201)
Yikes. I don't understand how one can think soundstage is fake. Maybe we should just listen in mono to one speaker then? And here I was trying to get the best stereo image I could. Damn magnepans with .......
37: Digital Drive, RE: Almost completely disagree though I can't question personal preference (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-22, 08:47:09 (108.234.77.201)
NIce post and IMHO you nailed it at the end. Its a SYSTEM...and why one needs to listen in their SYSTEM. Also components have different interactions that I certainly can't figure out from a spec sheet .......
38: Digital Drive, RE: "There is certainly no objective measure for it." (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-21, 07:48:54 (108.234.77.201)
Exactly. Nice post. I still haven't seen a spec sheet that tells one how a product images or soundstages and IMHO that's exactly why one needs to listen. .......
39: Digital Drive, RE: Almost completely disagree though I can't question personal preference (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-20, 08:40:10 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah me too on the disagree part. First re. Amir, what I mean was, "Amir would hear what the recording sounds like without reproduction chain component modification"; (minor typo). Its the "reproduct .......
40: Digital Drive, RE: As Story implied ... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-19, 20:16:59 (108.234.77.201)
What does this even mean: "Amir would heard what the recording sounds like without reproduction chain component modification"?? --Yes or No: do you think component should change the inherent qualities .......
41: Digital Drive, I like the part where he listened to it. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-16, 21:16:20 (108.234.77.201)
yep listening to graphs is a must. .......
42: Speaker Asylum, RE: Are you into audio strictly for the sound quality? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-12, 14:03:32 (108.234.77.201)
Yep. I am a big maggie fan and was running a heavily modded pair of mmgs with magwires for speaker cables....long story but because there is no box you can get tiny speaker wires and get awesome sound .......
43: Headphone Heights, RE: Got 'em today and... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-10, 09:25:12 (108.234.77.201)
Sorry dude. I am 2 for 2 with mine and listening right now. Hopefully it wasn't the tape and they were truly defective. .......
44: Headphone Heights, RE: Yep. First thing I did. nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-05, 18:55:49 (108.234.77.201)
Ah man. I am so sorry. I have 2 now and they both work. Really sorry. I tried different amperage chargers and even the 1amp chargers worked. Man this sucks .......
45: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: What is the processing power to stream into DSD512 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-05, 16:28:57 (108.234.77.201)
Oh well. The other option is in the power settings. I was able to lower the processor speed. Maybe you can increase it? .......
46: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: What is the processing power to stream into DSD512 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-05, 10:37:19 (108.234.77.201)
did you take a look at the attenuation setting in Daphile? Maybe adjusting that will help if you haven't already. And there are buffer settings too that might need to be changed. .......
47: Headphone Heights, RE: Tried three different chargers, three different cables... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-05, 08:57:07 (108.234.77.201)
Oh well I am sorry. Its just strange that I am 2-0. I miss wholefoods. Used to shop there everyday, but they don't have it where I live now. :( .......
48: Headphone Heights, RE: Yep. First thing I did. nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-05, 05:31:27 (108.234.77.201)
Ah man. I am so sorry. I have 2 now and they both work. Really sorry. I tried different amperage chargers and even the 1amp chargers worked. Man this sucks .......
49: Headphone Heights, Wait wait wait (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-04, 17:36:27 (108.234.77.201)
Did you take the tape off? There is a film on the bud contacts .......
50: Headphone Heights, RE: I've tried the Air Pod Pro but wasn't impressed. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-02, 14:46:14 (108.234.77.201)
I will be interested to hear your thoughts. Its like a test...maybe I AM crazy :) .......
51: Headphone Heights, RE: Have you compared them to Apple Air Pods? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-02, 07:51:45 (108.234.77.201)
Nope I don't have Air Pods. I do have some Sennheiser Momentum 2s, Shure Aonic, and some AKG. Soundwise the Behringer is not outclassed though I haven't done strenuous a/b listening. I just know what .......
52: Headphone Heights, So far so good. Just received my 2nd pair Nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-02-01, 15:01:06 (108.234.77.201)
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53: Digital Drive, Thanks for the Review nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-30, 08:07:19 (108.234.77.201)
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54: Headphone Heights, Steal of a deal on wireless earbuds (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-30, 07:50:38 (108.234.77.201)
Check it out. These sound great and are super cheap. Surprisingly good. Bass and soundstage are amazing for this price and compete with my Senns and AKGs. Sure there are some neg reviews about the cha .......
55: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How did you install mini? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-23, 20:45:32 (108.234.77.201)
sometimes life just doesn't work out. Tried with a new hdd and it wouldn't boot. Guessing I don't have it set up to but from usb in the bios?? And OF COURSE it wouldn't let me get into the bios. Neve .......
56: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How did you install mini? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-23, 16:33:20 (108.234.77.201)
LOL. I downloaded that 2 days ago and my new hard drive came today! So I will see if I can get a better experience with the micro 11. .......
57: Headphone Heights, RE: "To get the benefits the chain needs to be balanced all the way through" (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-23, 14:07:41 (108.234.77.201)
Interesting. Benchmark uses a balanced connector for the headphones but the circuitry isn't balanced throughout iirc. My Liquid Platinum makes a big deal about the amp not sounding its best if its no .......
58: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How did you install mini? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-21, 13:54:56 (108.234.77.201)
Hey J. Pretty cool you being in France. In theory I took a few years of French...in practice I would struggle asking for butter in a store. Thanks a ton for checking. It never says what drivers are m .......
59: Headphone Heights, RE: Balanced Headphone outputs? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-21, 13:29:41 (108.234.77.201)
There are also balanced connectors on an xlr and a 4.4mm connector. The idea is that the amp/dac must be balanced and the balanced connector separates grounds. Its a bit different than balanced in lin .......
60: Computer Audio Asylum, How did you install mini? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-20, 23:39:13 (108.234.77.201)
I thought I knew a bit about computers but man I couldn't get the drivers its missing installed. OF COURSE it doesn't tell you what drivers are missing and I copied the ones from the existing windows .......
61: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Interesting (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-20, 18:35:25 (108.234.77.201)
Hey J, Audiophilia is missing you! Get home soon man. Have you tried hysolid as a player and controller? if not, put that on your list if your dac is 32bit. .......
62: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Interesting (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-19, 16:36:33 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Jben, thanks for the skinny on the tiny. How are you controlling the music? Keyboard and mouse or tablet/ phone? .......
63: Computer Audio Asylum, +1 nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-18, 09:37:12 (108.234.77.201)
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64: Computer Audio Asylum, +1 nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-17, 14:15:34 (108.234.77.201)
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65: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: What network scanner app from the App Store do you use? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-16, 09:18:24 (108.234.77.201)
I use Fing but not sure if it will work for you. .......
66: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Looks intriguing: nice concept for dedicated music device (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-16, 09:17:19 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah I have zero linux skills but that was easy once you get the file on the usb drive. There also is no need to wipe out your computer since it can run from the usb drive. I was amazed at how much be .......
67: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Linux is a hard sell for me (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-15, 14:29:43 (108.234.77.201)
Try daphile. Its easy linux (super easy to setup) and easy to remotely control with a phone or tablet. It sounds better than windows. Only downside is it it audio only and usb only but if control fro .......
68: Digital Drive, RE: FUD RE: Found an interesting article (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-12, 10:09:06 (108.234.77.201)
Clearly you never read the link I posted and are reacting to another article. Sad. .......
69: General Asylum, RE: The Red set arrived. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-11, 19:40:20 (108.234.77.201)
Awesome you got it. Hope you get hours of enjoyment. .......
70: General Asylum, RE: the -B- system (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-10, 17:26:24 (108.234.77.201)
Here is a pict of my bed system with a Focusrite Rednet Am2 internet audio/ headphone amp driving some Shure SE846 earbuds. I have since added a passive pre and another dac to listen to youtube fee .......
71: General Asylum, RE: Screen image related internet buzz/hum/noise. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-10, 17:13:59 (108.234.77.201)
Have you tried it with the monitor unplugged from power and the computer? Or just turned off? .......
72: Digital Drive, RE: Small PC/Mac would be perfect but... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-05, 14:16:08 (108.234.77.201)
This sounds like a simple solution and would have the benefit of a remote and use of your big monitor. Plays FLAC and has an optical out: Cheap too .......
73: General Asylum, RE: Just got it -- Schiit Midgard headphone amp (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-04, 14:26:55 (108.234.77.201)
Sounds much better than my prior THX Drop 789 amp OMG how is that possible. THX measures the best. .......
74: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Just installed it, but (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-04, 09:51:56 (108.234.77.201)
Good to know. My collection is obscure and well I am not surprised All music is missing info about it, but it is a bit surprising with other genres. There is also a "song info" and "song lyrics" plugi .......
75: Video Asylum, RE: Interesting (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-03, 20:59:11 (108.234.77.201)
Looking at your tv manual, you might want to try setting the digital out to Pass Through just to make sure no processing is messing up volume levels. Also check the auto volume option. Maybe do a soun .......
76: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Sorry, but (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-03, 20:13:24 (108.234.77.201)
Hmm. I am new to LMS but I just installed Daphile and it certainly looks like all it is really doing is LMS and plugins. On the phone and ipad the browser shortcut says LMS I have some plugins like Ma .......
77: Video Asylum, Interesting (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-03, 11:26:51 (108.234.77.201)
Sonys have a volume for the digital out and it is half usually. Maybe samsung has a volume option in the menu too. .......
78: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I go the other direction (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-03, 10:57:03 (108.234.77.201)
Me too. My pc is running at 480 mHz and doing upsampling to 192k .......
79: General Asylum, RE: But that's my point (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-03, 09:35:43 (108.234.77.201)
Weird. I said you can't hear dacs or amps and that it was all a SYSTEM. Not sure how you get to me assuming everything is audible. Some isn't or is so subtle to be pointless. But what isn't pointless .......
80: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-03, 09:24:21 (108.234.77.201)
See, you just proved my point. No need for listening if the specs are presented accurately. Just look at the graphs and spec sheet. Which spec will tell you which dac has the widest sound stage? Whic .......
81: General Asylum, well said! nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-01, 01:52:53 (108.234.77.201)
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82: General Asylum, OMG (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-01, 01:50:30 (108.234.77.201)
you can dust gear? Who knew? .......
83: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-01, 01:01:53 (108.234.77.201)
While it makes sense what you say, the big big conspiracy is that you can't hear dacs or amps...its a SYSTEM you are listening to. Maybe though the reviewers should have to publish their hearing test .......
84: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Who else prefers Wifi over Ethernet for sound quality? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-01, 00:55:50 (108.234.77.201)
have you tried messing with the settings like listed here: .......
85: Video Asylum, RE: Optical volume from TV.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-01, 00:32:19 (108.234.77.201)
Is it a Sony TV? .......
86: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2024-01-01, 00:21:16 (108.234.77.201)
Look at this vid. He specifically says that published product specs could tell us EVERYTHING we need to assess a device's fidelity and NOTHING about listening: .......
87: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-31, 20:45:20 (108.234.77.201)
Sure man I guess he doesn't use graphs to figure out if something is audibly transparent. I mean he can just listen and know the frequency response is 20 to 20 with +/- 0.1db...no need for a graph for .......
88: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-31, 14:40:58 (108.234.77.201)
Pretty sure he just listens to graphs... .......
89: Tweakers' Asylum, Followup questions (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-30, 09:54:03 (108.234.77.201)
So I have started doing other circuits at this point and plan to continue doing them but have a few questions. 1. you talk about tuning at each junction, but can you explain the need for that? Like it .......
90: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: BTW, this is the closest I have come to feeling like a drug dealer (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-30, 08:24:08 (108.234.77.201)
Weird dreams man. But I think you are wrong about your dream. IIRC Taz had several crossovers and the capless one was the one I tried. So I would say the original post was right. So glad the magwire .......
91: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: BTW, this is the closest I have come to feeling like a drug dealer (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-30, 08:14:50 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah it was a bad joke :) one you saw and in my sad sense of humor, funny because you would never act like that. These days my sense humor has been replaced with sense of tumor. Dud ump ump. sad. Ge .......
92: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: BTW, this is the closest I have come to feeling like a drug dealer (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-29, 20:15:29 (108.234.77.201)
Dude those were great times and I remember the excitement of coming to the planar asylum to report or read other reports and get all kind of mud thrown my way. On the magwire I have a convo with a wor .......
93: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So far I have treated (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-29, 20:09:38 (108.234.77.201)
Cool man. Man audio is a journey. I wish I could set up my maggies and listen. I had just built my stands and was super excited to listen but it never materialized. It is a good description that "ima .......
94: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So far I have treated (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-29, 12:01:34 (108.234.77.201)
Exactly. I did the same and even capped unused usb and word clock ins and outs and aes/ebu and rca. So the salt helps even if you have done the shorting plugs. yikes I just realized the dac I am usin .......
95: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So far I have treated (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-29, 08:16:51 (108.234.77.201)
Sorry to disappoint. I added some color to a post with cdc below. Everything is just bigger. Bass though is a bit smaller but with more definition. Its like when looking at a microscope and everything .......
96: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So far I have treated (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-29, 07:17:59 (108.234.77.201)
Well said. I would also say that there is more 3d texture to those voices. .......
97: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So far I have treated (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-28, 16:15:42 (108.234.77.201)
Soundstage is more 3d and the background is blacker. The sound is "bigger" and more resolving. I find myself playing things louder than before because of the absence of distortion that would equate to .......
98: Tweakers' Asylum, So far I have treated (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-28, 09:03:08 (108.234.77.201)
7 outlets 11 light switches 7 SMPS 3 PoE connections on my switch 1 breaker at a sub panel sounding really clean .......
99: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-28, 06:30:54 (108.234.77.201)
Awesome. Knew you would show up to the party! So glad you are around. Bet your salt train exp will be awesome. Yep, cdc was super nice to share this great tweak. Best for 2024! hopefully there is no .......
100: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-27, 17:02:37 (108.234.77.201)
especially given the high this tweak gives!! .......
101: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: BTW, this is the closest I have come to feeling like a drug dealer (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-25, 08:08:47 (108.234.77.201)
Hey J, So glad to hear from you! hope you are well and merry christmas. I can't wait for you to try it and expect tons of measurements and listening tests. It reminds me of the maggie RF choke tweak .......
102: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-23, 16:33:26 (108.234.77.201)
I was able to do 6 outlets, 3 light switches and one breaker in the sub panel before I snorted all the salt. No tuning, just install. Sorry good luck with me tuning. Anyhow it sounds cleaner and more .......
103: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-23, 09:25:30 (108.234.77.201)
BTW, this is the closest I have come to feeling like a drug dealer... .......
104: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-22, 20:14:15 (108.234.77.201)
Ok at this point I have done 4 outlets and a double gang light switch. I didn't really look where the wires were run and maybe that is the issue...i just did one vertical and one horizontal. The h .......
105: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-22, 19:38:04 (108.234.77.201)
Well I don't have an outlet like that. The ones I have are normal with the screw in the middle, so the only place by a ground is at the bottom. Is that ok? .......
106: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-22, 18:59:07 (108.234.77.201)
They are in the same room though I am not 100% sure they are on the same circuit. I will do the outlet the system is plugged into next and see if that helps more. Its also possible I am not clear on .......
107: Headphone Heights, RE: Anyone using Audeze Maxwells? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-22, 18:23:05 (108.234.77.201)
Did you get the Maxwells? .......
108: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-22, 18:15:33 (108.234.77.201)
Ok so I took the plunge and while I don't think I am putting things in the right place, after the 3rd junction (2 outlets and a light switch) it seems like a blacker background. I will try some others .......
109: Computer Audio Asylum, Turns out the cable has to say "works with dacs" (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-22, 13:10:59 (108.234.77.201)
to know if it will work. I bought a good one but ditched the Zeo for the Questyle m12 .......
110: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: One last question (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-22, 08:05:03 (108.234.77.201)
Hey boogyman the ram playback is not in the settings its in the player screen. See the arrow above...it shows up in the standard view but in the material skin its not to be found see the view belo .......
111: Headphone Heights, Zeo was a bust (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-18, 21:23:06 (108.234.77.201)
It sounded awesome but it continually picked up interference from my phone and would make motorboating noises. Had to return it, which is sad because it did sound great when it wasn't picking up inter .......
112: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have tried all of the products you listed in the past... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-17, 10:46:27 (108.234.77.201)
Ok thanks. I can try it but can you explain where to put the bags of salt. I read the original post and got confused. You said Hot and ground and it shows vertical and horizontal bags. I think the ver .......
113: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Using Rochelle salt to absorb EMI from your homes AC line to supercharge your audio system performance (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-16, 11:46:43 (108.234.77.201)
i have several items that are supposed to filter this stuff: 1.Satic Pure Power Plug-in: "The Pure Power Plug-In is a simple yet effective solution that plugs into a standard outlet and filters harmon .......
114: General Asylum, RE: "If you can't hear this then you're not an audiophile" (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-13, 18:58:17 (108.234.77.201)
I didn't hear it. I never ever never ever listen to classical. If it was a vocalist I would have known something was off. .......
115: General Asylum, RE: Music (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-13, 18:51:40 (108.234.77.201)
Yikes. More of my music comes from the UK than any place else. Some from America .......
116: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Could be a problem with the DAC (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-13, 10:57:33 (108.234.77.201)
I had read that before I bought and it doesn't appear to have issues with the supplied cable outside of the cell phone issue and its not the only dac or amp that manages to pick up cell phones. When .......
117: Computer Audio Asylum, Lightning to USB- C cable issues (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-13, 10:13:14 (108.234.77.201)
Just got the Antelope Zeo dac which is really a portable dac. It came with a lightning to usb-c cable in the box, which works but picks up cell phone noise on occasion. So I bought a better cable. It .......
118: Headphone Heights, RE: Antelope Zeo on sale (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-07, 21:31:25 (108.234.77.201)
Lucky you. Mine shorts if I look at it. .......
119: Headphone Heights, RE: Antelope Zeo on sale (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-07, 08:11:03 (108.234.77.201)
I received it and it sounds great. It got beat by my Border patrol but that is like 18 times the price. It wasn't embarrassed and given that the source was different (my phone) and the cables were dif .......
120: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphones & Equalizers (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-07, 08:07:46 (108.234.77.201)
Its lucky you can set up the EQ. More and more Audeze products REQUIRE eq to work. My LCDi3 are just sitting there because you need eq for them. .......
121: Digital Drive, Here is a vid that addresses your point about the computers working vs. audio (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-06, 14:50:41 (108.234.77.201)
You might recognize the engineer .......
122: Digital Drive, RE: Digital S/Pdif/AES-EBU (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-05, 09:41:06 (108.234.77.201)
Sorry I can't help except to say if you haven't already you should post in the cables section, most here will resort to bits is bits not getting the timing and analog nature of digital cables. Also e .......
123: Headphone Heights, RE: I thought you meant...- (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-04, 18:22:19 (108.234.77.201)
Ah that is probably a better album. .......
124: Headphone Heights, RE: Antelope Zeo on sale (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-04, 18:21:40 (108.234.77.201)
Yes and no. I have the red but its output is a mess...you have to get the cable just right to get both channels. There was a thread about cleaning it, but I can't seem to get it to work. So I can try .......
125: Headphone Heights, Antelope Zeo on sale (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-04, 14:14:41 (108.234.77.201)
Just ordered one of these usb headphone dac/ amps. Normally $250 is now $99 on Amazon so I had to. .......
126: Digital Drive, Found an interesting article (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-01, 19:15:42 (108.234.77.201)
about "digital" audio .......
127: General Asylum, Buying American (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-01, 17:36:12 (108.234.77.201)
here is a site that lists American audio manufactures for your next purchases: .......
128: Headphone Heights, RE: Alex Cavalli designs... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-12-01, 12:40:17 (108.234.77.201)
yeah it sounded great while I had it going and I didn't want to get hooked on the sound and have to ditch it in the summer. .......
129: Cable Asylum, RE: big failure... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-29, 16:56:11 (108.234.77.201)
how long is the run? .......
130: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I remember those days very well (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-28, 20:16:43 (108.234.77.201)
weird you are saying things are slowly getting worse this year when gas is at a yearly low right now and that means other things are trending down. .......
131: Headphone Heights, RE: What's playing on your cans? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-28, 18:42:52 (108.234.77.201)
The Cult, Spanish Gold .......
132: Computer Audio Asylum, yikes, Roseval already posted this in Digital. Sorry (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-28, 12:48:12 (108.234.77.201)
nt .......
133: Computer Audio Asylum, Harman acquires Roon (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-28, 12:45:17 (108.234.77.201)
Hope they don't wreck it .......
134: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: With a previous DAC I owned (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-28, 10:24:40 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah that was some of what I was hearing, though it might be better to describe it as a lack of midrange warmth/ presence and bass rhythm that made it sound brighter. .......
135: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Severe upsampling is like cross-dressing (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-27, 08:26:42 (108.234.77.201)
You seem super knowledgeable about cross-dressing... .......
136: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Like many others here. . . (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-27, 08:25:16 (108.234.77.201)
good to know. Weird thing is I recall upsampling making a big difference when I was running a Cics music player (cmp2). It used Sox iirc so maybe its the quality of the upsampler. This time I was usin .......
137: Computer Audio Asylum, Upsampling (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-26, 11:51:48 (108.234.77.201)
So I changed my rig and am able to get the computer to upsample to 176 to feed the system. Though it sounded good it didn't sound as good as when I wasn't upsampling...so I went back to 44.1k. I liste .......
138: Headphone Heights, Monolith Liquid Platinum w/ HD600 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-26, 11:45:52 (108.234.77.201)
Its a very synergistic combo! I was running it balanced and really liked the sound and the combo. However I unhooked it due to the heat the Liquid Platinum gives off. May be ok for the winter but not .......
139: Digital Drive, RE: What improvement can be expected with NOS DAC upgrades? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-17, 16:00:11 (108.234.77.201)
Here is a good vid that compares a NOS DAC to the Quetest (ok, its an fpga dac): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmPRQzsM0Cw&t=59s .......
140: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: 24bit 96khz on control panel, exclusive mode amazon music, is 16 bit 44khz music upsampled? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-15, 09:44:35 (108.234.77.201)
Hey J, I am not 100% sure, but I think amazon music resamples to what you have the device set to. So 96k content is played at 96k and 44.1k material is upsampled. It is probably the best to just try .......
141: Digital Drive, RE: "...be willing to pay less ;-) " (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-10, 17:26:51 (108.234.77.201)
There was a similar revolution in headphone amplifiers with THX making circuitry that measured way better than other amps. All the youtube reviewers jumped on the hype train and raved about those THX .......
142: Computer Audio Asylum, One last question (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-09, 17:00:11 (108.234.77.201)
Got it going on another computer after one just stopped working and me wiping the ssd for daphile probably didn't help. OK, 2: 1. Running off a usb thumb drive, does it make sense to try to use the i .......
143: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How do I get it to (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-09, 08:04:37 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks. Turns out I wasn't using material skin and thought I was. Got it going and got the folder going but it is tedious because you have to do disk/folder/folder, etc. and while it solves the proble .......
144: Computer Audio Asylum, How do I get it to (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-08, 12:41:01 (108.234.77.201)
Display by folders and not tags? Tia .......
145: Digital Drive, RE: Ancient clunker that is not applicable to async USB.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-07, 17:33:38 (108.234.77.201)
It still sounds good btw. I am using it with the usb to optical converter and yes I did forget about my anti usb bias thx .......
146: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Would a quality soundcard over a cheap old motherboard audio chip be louder at lower volumes?(dealing with harshness (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-07, 12:59:17 (108.234.77.201)
Hey J, In windows there is an option to set the sample rate. See if you can set it to 44.1 instead of 48k. Windows resampling can be harsh. Good thing is you are making progress. Sound settings/ more .......
147: Digital Drive, RE: I did something similar with the Topping E30 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-07, 06:02:39 (108.234.77.201)
if I was spending $200 to see sample rates I would get something like an apogee big ben. Sure the display is not as nice as the topping and its a full form factor, but you get helpful reclocking and c .......
148: Computer Audio Asylum, Thanks, NT. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-06, 11:02:39 (108.234.77.201)
f .......
149: Digital Drive, RE: Topping DX3 Pro+ DAC -- Insanely great value for $200 ............ (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-06, 09:35:52 (108.234.77.201)
I bought American so not kicking myself... .......
150: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Vortexbox better than Daphile (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-06, 09:03:29 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Dave, Thanks for the recap! Does Vortexbox do Amazon prime music too? .......
151: Computer Audio Asylum, Nevermind I figured it out. Thanks nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-06, 08:43:13 (108.234.77.201)
but there is text. .......
152: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Daphile (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-06, 08:37:42 (108.234.77.201)
Ok I have them both in the active column with check marks. But nothing has changed. How to I "activate" them? .......
153: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Vortexbox better than Daphile (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-06, 07:25:38 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks for the response. How is it better? .......
154: Computer Audio Asylum, Daphile (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-05, 20:26:16 (108.234.77.201)
I got this working but the interface is lame. Is there a way to make it just list album art and play the songs for the album? It is dreadfully small on an ipad and a phone. Sounds good but its not exa .......
155: Cable Asylum, RE: Nothing wrong with optical (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-04, 09:26:01 (108.234.77.201)
Its not glass, but Blue Jeans Cable has one that they make up to your length and ship international. But I would try the one that you link. It will be ok to test and might be all you need soundwise. .......
156: Cable Asylum, RE: Nothing wrong with optical (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-03, 17:05:51 (108.234.77.201)
Here is the closest I could find with a quick usual suspect search: http://www.lifatec.com/toslink2.html They have a 13ft cable which I think is enough but as a dumb American, not sure how long 3.7m a .......
157: Digital Drive, RE: It's OK though 'cause I listen (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-02, 19:44:17 (108.234.77.201)
But do you chose gear that only measure well to listen to? What gear in recent years measured poorly that you listened to? .......
158: Cable Asylum, Nothing wrong with optical (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-02, 14:38:30 (108.234.77.201)
Its the only option that you listed that will isolate the receiver from the computer electrically. Just try a good cable, preferably glass. .......
159: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I have an AE7, but i contemplate Topping DAC, BUT, is USB connection to DAC any good? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-02, 10:16:08 (108.234.77.201)
SB gets a bad wrap amongst audiophiles and soundcards are the kiss of death. That said I can't see the topping or other dac really offering you something you don't already have for similar money. Mayb .......
160: Digital Drive, RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-01, 14:43:58 (108.234.77.201)
Yes, that was the "examples that can blur the lines" I was referring to. I only have experience with the chip R2R (NOS Phillips) and not the discreet ones. What is the difference you notice? ::: TOPI .......
161: Headphone Heights, RE: Try headfi.org (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-11-01, 14:34:11 (108.234.77.201)
Stax makes earbuds apparently... .......
162: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How to get my computer out of my audio chain? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-31, 14:08:31 (108.234.77.201)
thanks! I guess I could just try it since I have another computer and the adapter. I was hoping to use my virtual sound card but it is just mac or windows. Linux support is sketchy. There was a threa .......
163: Digital Drive, RE: ESS vs AKM vs R2R - Does it really matter ? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-31, 12:20:31 (108.234.77.201)
that is a great explanation and why I ended up with an R2R dac having had an upsampling dac, and a FPGA dac. More like music indeed. Said another way, the R2R dac has me saying to myself just how good .......
164: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I also use a Raspberry Pi as a music server (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-31, 10:15:10 (108.234.77.201)
AES ok? Or do you need spdif? Also are you still needing wireless? Hires? Can you do 96k or do you need higher? Sorry should have asked earlier. .......
165: Digital Drive, RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-31, 07:22:10 (108.234.77.201)
yeah I agree that the way they show it is problematic. My dragonfly is the same concept and I never know what is going on, but good news, the 3.5mm jack cuts out anyhow. .......
166: Isolation Ward, Time to move on from physical media (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-30, 15:27:09 (108.234.77.201)
Besides, some of us have headphones. Are you saying Cds and vinyl in the room affect headphone listening? .......
167: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Actually (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-30, 13:54:08 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks for the explanation. Yeah I have a couple of 512gb hard drives I used to back up a clients classical disk collection and those are old school big heavy drives. One day they will get enough tr .......
168: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How to get my computer out of my audio chain? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-30, 13:51:03 (108.234.77.201)
Daphile is interesting. Though I don't have any usb dacs. Are you limited to usb? Also I do have a $20 usb/optical converter, would that be a weak link? .......
169: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Tempting fate (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-30, 12:29:05 (108.234.77.201)
I did that and just make sure you turn off the amp before making any cable swaps or turning on the system. Basically amp on last and amp off first and you should be OK...I was following those rules. .......
170: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: That's Moore's Law in action (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-30, 11:24:11 (108.234.77.201)
I thought it was Moore's Law but then thought that was just computing power and well you know how the computer police can be so I didn't mention that. But yeah its crazy how much the costs have come d .......
171: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: That's about what I paid for mine a year ago (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-30, 09:33:54 (108.234.77.201)
Wow thats amazing. I bought the 512gb card I mentioned just now with an $8 off coupon. Its pretty amazing how they can keep getting so much data in a small space. .......
172: Computer Audio Asylum, Amazon has a 512gb micro for $37 nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-30, 09:14:28 (108.234.77.201)
nt .......
173: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I also use a Raspberry Pi as a music server (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-30, 08:25:37 (108.234.77.201)
Hey IT Man, For the connection, do you need a dac in each room? Or do you have one and what kind of inputs do you have on the dac(s)? .......
174: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I also use a Raspberry Pi as a music server (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-29, 14:49:25 (108.234.77.201)
When you say multiroom, are you looking to play the same thing in multiple rooms? Or different things at once? .......
175: Headphone Heights, RE: They could teach Fecal... err... Focal a thing or two... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-29, 14:23:46 (108.234.77.201)
Man Killer Piglet I am sorry to hear that! Almost bought some Focal cans but never did and now I am glad. Its amazing that on a FLAGSHIP product they don't bend over backwards to help. I think sure ha .......
176: Headphone Heights, RE: Anyone using Audeze Maxwells? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-29, 14:07:49 (108.234.77.201)
Ok your question is at the edge of my knowledge but I do know the M1060 which I have is on sale at monoprice for $209. Antlion makes a microphone you can add to headphones, though I think that is more .......
177: Digital Drive, RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-28, 13:44:48 (108.234.77.201)
Same with the Audioquest dragonfly. Heck, my dac doesn't even tell you what the sample rate is afaict. .......
178: Digital Drive, RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-27, 09:41:44 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah that hype train is powerful until the dust settles. IMHO there are 3 types of dacs, chip like the sabre and AKM for instance, R2R/NOS, and FPGA. Sure there are examples that blurr those lines but .......
179: Digital Drive, RE: New DAC suggestions (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-25, 03:20:02 (108.234.77.201)
I don't doubt it, and the world is a better place because none of the music I like will ever be in DSD .......
180: Digital Drive, RE: New DAC suggestions (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-24, 10:27:43 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks for the kind words. You are right that I haven't recommended anything to the OP and was trying to get them to figure out the requirements. Seems Zacster is a measurements guy and maybe in the " .......
181: Digital Drive, RE: New DAC suggestions (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-23, 18:56:38 (108.234.77.201)
Not everyone has hires and certainly one can do better than a topping. .......
182: Digital Drive, RE: New DAC suggestions (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-23, 16:52:09 (108.234.77.201)
What kind of inputs do you need and do you need hires? .......
183: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: USB D/A Converter (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-23, 14:13:20 (108.234.77.201)
if you don't mind used, this seems like a great deal if you can get them to ship or if you are local: https://www.musicloversaudio.com/product-page/dcs-debussy-d-a-converter .......
184: Headphone Heights, More like Punny :) nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-23, 09:26:06 (108.234.77.201)
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185: Headphone Heights, RE: Good Advice (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-22, 12:36:25 (108.234.77.201)
I have so much processing going on in my chain I had to turn in my purist card. I wouldn't even use a balance control, now my chain has soundstage expansion with tubes followed by the BBE Sonic Maximi .......
186: Headphone Heights, No need to apologize (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-22, 04:56:04 (174.203.71.62)
I was reacting to this :" It Shure makes me want to buy a pair. :-)". Its a bad pun. Was not offended at all! My apologies for the mis communication .......
187: Headphone Heights, No need to apologize (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-22, 02:34:27 (108.234.77.201)
I was reacting to this :" It Shure makes me want to buy a pair. :-)". Its a bad pun. Was not offended at all! My apologies for the mis communication .......
188: Digital Drive, RE: Chord Hugo TT2... quite buzzed (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-21, 08:55:15 (108.234.77.201)
It wasn't quite clear, do you just touch an input once and then disconnect the ground wire? .......
189: Headphone Heights, That was bad (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-21, 08:41:22 (108.234.77.201)
and punny at the same time. Their products sound great and they back them up which is a win for Shure :). I have the KSE1200, SE846, SE215, SHR1880 and their bluetooth adaptor and all are awesome. On .......
190: Headphone Heights, A stand up company in 2023? Who Knew? nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-20, 09:08:07 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
191: Headphone Heights, Hats off to Shure!!!! Excellent customer service (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-19, 13:08:42 (108.234.77.201)
I had their electrostat earbuds and one channel was cutting in and out. I had contacted them last year say November but never sent the product in (I had a brain tumor and was a mess). The product's 2 .......
192: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Great job (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-18, 16:27:59 (108.234.77.201)
That's awesome for spam calls but not family- is there caller ID in that house? My stepdad thinks that yelling at Alexa will make her function better... .......
193: Digital Drive, RE: Musings on the Musetec 005 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-18, 14:21:58 (108.234.77.201)
Figures Amir who I understand to have alot to do with the windows audio stack would not be able to get asio working. Sad. .......
194: Digital Drive, If AA had a like button....nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-18, 14:17:04 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
195: Computer Audio Asylum, Great job (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-11, 18:53:35 (108.234.77.201)
That's impressive. My mom is 74 and wigs out when the phone rings or the walmart app doesn't work... .......
196: Digital Drive, Man that blows (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-10, 09:05:47 (108.234.77.201)
Sorry about your preamp. I just sent in my headphones to have the enigizer fixed and it sucks being without them. Hang in there and I am looking forward to the mods. .......
197: Digital Drive, RE: Wow.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-08, 16:30:47 (108.234.77.201)
You are super lucky if you can make those mods especially with the power supply that's pretty awesome. If you want it would be nice to see the mods you do. It will be two months on the 10th from the .......
198: Digital Drive, RE: Wow.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-07, 11:38:17 (108.234.77.201)
You are super lucky if you can make those mods especially with the power supply that's pretty awesome. If you want it would be nice to see the mods you do. It will be two months on the 10th from the .......
199: Digital Drive, RE: Using Tascam DA-3000 as a Source... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-06, 09:57:27 (108.234.77.201)
I was using the DA-3000 as a source into my Apogee Big Ben, then into the Border Patrol Se dac. I was using a networked computer with ipad control, etc. but saw the Decware mods and went to purchase t .......
200: Headphone Heights, RE: STAX L700 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-03, 10:17:54 (108.234.77.201)
Thats a great lesson and one I often forget. Though now its pretty much done with the equipment and just the music to enjoy. Looking to a review when you get the L700s .......
201: Headphone Heights, RE: STAX L700 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-03, 08:01:23 (108.234.77.201)
Nice job on the purse. Thats a win win! Yeah I have never been on headcase and yes there are some real douches on head-fi, at least there was one that was boisterous with no clue. you know, the guy wh .......
202: Headphone Heights, RE: STAX L700 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-02, 12:35:20 (108.234.77.201)
Oh, I had no idea. I don't go there much myself, but the traffic is way more than here, at least for headphones. When I win the lotto, I will send you a pair... .......
203: Headphone Heights, RE: STAX L700 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-10-02, 12:11:04 (108.234.77.201)
Maybe check at head-fi if you haven't already. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-stax-sr-l500-and-sr-l700-impressions-thread.785949/page-122 .......
204: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Here is what I heard after tuning (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-30, 19:33:53 (108.234.77.201)
Now that I know the issue, I am suggesting some Mpingo or Miringo dots for the windows. Or some dynamat extreme. .......
205: Computer Audio Asylum, Here is what I heard after tuning (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-30, 11:13:30 (108.234.77.201)
Everything is just smoother and more resolved. Listening with electrostatic earbuds, you hear everything. Things are softer and less digital. Imagine bass being tight and extended at the same time .......
206: Headphone Heights, RE: More complex system (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-28, 05:58:29 (108.234.77.201)
Ah Japan. They get all the good electronics. Wonder how the US stax earbuds sound. I am super fortunate that the tumor was benign but it can come back so its good to know that radiation works well. .......
207: Headphone Heights, RE: More complex system (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-27, 13:03:15 (108.234.77.201)
Cool! Had no idea about the stax. Looks like the buds are $284 and the portable amp with dac is $945. That's probably a better value than the shure since you get a dac and can probably buy a desktop a .......
208: Computer Audio Asylum, Tuning windows for best audio (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-27, 12:01:53 (108.234.77.201)
Here is a guide that might help. Its designed for Dante (digital audio networking through ethernet) devices, but should help for non Dante systems especially if you have a dedicated computer. Hopefull .......
209: Headphone Heights, RE: More complex system (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-27, 07:34:33 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Sisterray, Love them. They are the best sounding things in the house. You do need some bass boost IMHO but man they are soooooo clean and effortless. And with some boost, the bass is stellar. Ama .......
210: General Asylum, Thanks! This sounds promising nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-25, 18:28:47 (108.234.77.201)
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211: Computer Audio Asylum, Amazon Prime music has some 3d audio tracks and Pink Floyd at 24/192k (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-25, 09:01:25 (108.234.77.201)
Sounds pretty good on headphones. Sadly the 90 songs that are billed as 3d audio and are often in 24/96k are pop artists like Taylor Swift that I don't really dig though they sound great. Some artist .......
212: Headphone Heights, "Bedroom" system (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-23, 17:09:27 (108.234.77.201)
This is a simple system so I can listen in bed. .......
213: Headphone Heights, "Bedroom" system (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-23, 10:15:59 (108.234.77.201)
This is a simple system so I can listen in bed. .......
214: Headphone Heights, More complex system (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-23, 10:12:52 (108.234.77.201)
I thought after this tumor I would have to settle for a simple system like the one already pictured. However I wanted more and added several components including the Jolida soundstage expander and .......
215: General Asylum, RE: Multiple wireless headphones (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-22, 14:56:20 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks for the link. I think I saw an old one of theirs on that subject so it looks updated here. I will need to get some info from him on what he is playing. .......
216: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Windows upsampling vs. hardware upsampling (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-22, 13:13:37 (108.234.77.201)
Makes sense. I don't recall any differences when I upsampled the files to 88.2k.. .......
217: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: No IEMs here.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-22, 08:28:42 (108.234.77.201)
I have the shure kse1200 electrostatic IEMs and also have the HD600. I thought the HD600 was good. But then I went back to the HD600 from the KSE1200 and man the highs were so artificial sounding on t .......
218: General Asylum, Multiple wireless headphones (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-22, 06:50:06 (108.234.77.201)
Bro in law is a dentist and needs to have 4 wireless headphones playing the same thing for the patients. He would like noise cancelling headphones. Is there a way to do this and have it all sync with .......
219: Computer Audio Asylum, Nice setup! (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-22, 06:45:21 (108.234.77.201)
Almost bought the dianas. .......
220: Computer Audio Asylum, Nice job! (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-19, 15:28:33 (108.234.77.201)
What headphone amp is that?? .......
221: Headphone Heights, RE: FiiO FT3 Headphones (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-18, 04:11:31 (108.234.77.201)
Do you use a bass boost with the stax? .......
222: Computer Audio Asylum, Will try. Thanks nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-16, 07:59:47 (174.239.85.100)
Dd .......
223: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: The USB cable matters! Belkin printer cable is best...... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-13, 10:13:55 (174.203.38.189)
Certainly you know price doesnt always mean quality and understand the knee of the performance curve??? I think you do. .......
224: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: The USB cable matters! Belkin printer cable is best...... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-13, 05:31:24 (108.234.77.201)
Given the construction and materials I can see why they picked that cable. .......
225: Digital Drive, RE: " Measurable and audible distortion" (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-13, 05:25:16 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Abe, At which part of the chain did they measure the jitter? .......
226: Digital Drive, So much for getting the CD transport out of the system nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-09, 10:55:49 (108.234.77.201)
s .......
227: Headphone Heights, RE: STAX Headphones (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-09, 10:53:35 (108.234.77.201)
This post prompted me to dig out my kse1200 electrostatic earbuds. Was going to send them to service but life happened and I missed the warranty period. Anyhow, I got them working and glad I did. That .......
228: Digital Drive, Nice upside down story! NT (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-08, 09:10:27 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
229: Digital Drive, Time to step up to minidisk on your system. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-08, 09:08:41 (108.234.77.201)
The one listed has a Sony sport CDP. Also the website is not loading. .......
230: Headphone Heights, RE: Boom Box is $430 on ebay. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 18:15:30 (108.234.77.201)
1980? Wow you are old...next you will be talking about the hockey team or something. Man that is so cool they had that stuff back then. That BBE was something I tried on a whim and was looking to mak .......
231: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: A software player is better.. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 15:24:01 (108.234.77.201)
I think you are right. I though didn't think my post through. The Dac always goes to 192k. My computer hardware can only do up to 96k. So at some point the dac will take over. Do you think the compute .......
232: Headphone Heights, Boom Box is $430 on ebay. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 14:49:00 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
233: Computer Audio Asylum, Nice one!! nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 11:44:36 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
234: Digital Drive, you prompted me to install the Apogee Big Ben (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 11:11:42 (108.234.77.201)
in the system. Thanks for all this reclocker talk. Sounds much better. noticeably more spacious with more definition and a wider deeper stage. More of a black back ground. Bass is better defined and s .......
235: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Do you think it's better to upsample at all? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 11:03:56 (108.234.77.201)
damn, that looks awesome. Way more flexible than the Border Patrol. Nice find. Did you get the transformers? .......
236: Headphone Heights, RE: STAX Headphones (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 10:58:00 (108.234.77.201)
Man!! Had them in the cart but out of kindness decided not to order... .......
237: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphones & Equalizers (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 10:57:08 (108.234.77.201)
Hey 42, Glad you are digging that piece. I always have that in the chain and yeah its not an eq exactly but damn it helps the sound a ton. I will adjust slightly based on headphones and recordings but .......
238: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphones & Equalizers (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-07, 10:52:16 (108.234.77.201)
Totally agree about the bass boost. I think its a must on headphones. Technically I am adding 3 different boosts of the bass and its awesome. I had some electrostatic earbuds that were ok, and with ba .......
239: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Do you think it's better to upsample at all? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-06, 21:03:56 (108.234.77.201)
What dac did you get? Also I hooked up the reclocker and everything is better. Ironically I originally tried to do a simple system with just a few components due to my tumor. LOL. I am pretty much us .......
240: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphones & Equalizers (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-06, 20:46:24 (108.234.77.201)
I do, especially if you define EQ to just mean an altered signal. Along those lines, I have a bass boost in my Black ICE (Jolida) soundstage expander plus the sound soundstage expansion. That goes to .......
241: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Do you think it's better to upsample at all? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-06, 09:23:38 (108.234.77.201)
Sorry you had some stuff. Hopefully you are recovered and doing well. You are braver than I am with all that DIY. CMP2 was the extent of the diy really. The border patrol you would really like. Its go .......
242: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Do you think it's better to upsample at all? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-05, 19:03:36 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah I hear you. Gained 50 lbs in the last year...- though i had a brain tumor and was in the hospital for a month. Dropped 20 lbs. played tennis yesterday. Was my 2nd outing. So happy to be on the co .......
243: Headphone Heights, yep. $50k for hifiman shangra la nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-05, 12:44:37 (108.234.77.201)
nt .......
244: Headphone Heights, RE: STAX Headphones (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-05, 10:44:48 (108.234.77.201)
He he, what kind of inmate would I be if I didn't piss in your wheaties. .......
245: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: A survey example (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-05, 10:39:25 (108.234.77.201)
I thought it was Specs. Anyhow its a fair point about internet rankings. But its not the only source. Here is an example of direct comparisons between Hysolid and other respected players. The guy goes .......
246: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Do you think it's better to upsample at all? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-05, 10:09:55 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Man, Good to hear from you! You still winning tennis tourneys? It makes sense what you wrote. I would just use that dac for computer things like youtube and streaming so I don't know of any progra .......
247: Computer Audio Asylum, Thanks, I got the email and the file played with Hysolid. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-03, 19:53:36 (108.234.77.201)
It was 96k and well long story while my hardware to get to the dac can do 96k, the dac is NOS so the sound was distorted. But its clear Hysolid can handle 32bit and the question remains why they only .......
248: Computer Audio Asylum, Yikes (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-03, 17:26:38 (108.234.77.201)
I typed the last letter wrong. .......
249: Computer Audio Asylum, It should work for the outrageous pricing they have nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-03, 10:20:42 (108.234.77.201)
nt .......
250: Digital Drive, Nearfield with the mini mags must rock. nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-02, 11:57:48 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
251: Digital Drive, Or just use AES/EBU or Toslink with a reclocker nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-02, 11:23:53 (108.234.77.201)
nt .......
252: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Goo (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-02, 11:18:35 (108.234.77.201)
Cool man. Never got into vinyl but I bet it sounded awesome. Amazing how those old recordings can sound. .......
253: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Do you think it's better to upsample at all? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-02, 11:10:15 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Rod, My dac is upsampling to 192k anyhow so I was thinking I could try it in the computer. But yes, I will let the dac do the work. .......
254: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Windows upsampling vs. hardware upsampling (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-02, 11:08:08 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah its sad the dac has to upsample with no choice...so maybe they just think its best. There is also a vc in that dac that can't be defeated... Not heard of Transmeta, but it sounds cool. I think y .......
255: Headphone Heights, Neutron is stand alone so it can be a portable solution nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-09-02, 06:10:07 (108.234.77.201)
nt .......
256: Digital Drive, RE: Another vote for dBpoweramp (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-31, 16:34:18 (108.234.77.201)
I saw it but it didn't register as a joke. Was thinking of the companies that went belly up that were streaming services. There are quite a few. .......
257: Digital Drive, RE: Another vote for dBpoweramp (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-31, 16:06:02 (108.234.77.201)
That's a great job of misrepresenting my views. You have upped your game Abe. Well done. .......
258: Headphone Heights, Neutron and Jplay for headphone eq. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-31, 13:32:05 (108.234.77.201)
FYI, If you are using Jplay, its possible to use Neutron say on a phone to act as a controller. Where this can come in handy, is that Neutron has preset eq for all kind of headphones from different si .......
259: Headphone Heights, Hifiman HE-1000 or Arya come to mind (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-31, 11:06:29 (108.234.77.201)
THOUGH Hifiman gets knocked for reliability... Audeze LCD series might be a winner too. The Avantone planar is more electrostatic like but has a smaller stage and less bass. IMHO if you can add some b .......
260: Computer Audio Asylum, Windows upsampling vs. hardware upsampling (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-31, 11:01:08 (108.234.77.201)
One of my dacs upsamples everything to 192k. Is it better to feed it say upsampled 96k from windows or 44.1 and let the dac do its own upsampling with hardware? Its kind of pointless to listen since e .......
261: Computer Audio Asylum, Weird. I will resend. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-31, 10:54:16 (108.234.77.201)
nt .......
262: Digital Drive, RE: My latest scheme to rip 1000 CDs (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-31, 10:53:02 (108.234.77.201)
I am not exactly a streaming guy. Technically I have Amazon Prime HD and only really use it on my phone with earbuds. It has alot of music i own which is great but it doesn't exactly play albums. Sure .......
263: Digital Drive, RE: Another vote for dBpoweramp (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-31, 10:44:07 (108.234.77.201)
Yep. Its the way to go and all I can tell you is that streaming services might not be around one day and by principle you are just renting music, which I don't get. I was using a quadcore IIRC or may .......
264: Digital Drive, RE: My latest scheme to rip 1000 CDs (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-30, 19:25:13 (108.234.77.201)
IMHO a copy of DBpoweramp and multiple usb dvd drives would be better especially from a tagging perspective. You may be able to add a usb card and get more drives. IIRC I ripped 3000 cds for a client .......
265: Computer Audio Asylum, Finally got Jplay to work. Its remote is good nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-30, 18:18:51 (108.234.77.201)
nt .......
266: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: OK, I own this DAC that is on their website ................ (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-30, 14:31:58 (108.234.77.201)
hysolid is back working again!!! So I will send an email after this post. Thank goodness because I have been trying to find a replacement. Good options for a computer based experience, but everything .......
267: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How to stream Amazon Prime Music (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-30, 12:49:32 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Abe. Glad you are enjoying them. Omg did i see thats a 33 year old album? Wow. I used to think I was stuck in the 80s but that is a 1990 release :). Get your dirty boots out! .......
268: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How to stream Amazon Prime Music (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-28, 08:51:05 (108.234.77.201)
Make sure your usb device is selected in the amazon prime settings. It might not be the default device. Here is a pict .......
269: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: OK, I own this DAC that is on their website ................ (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-26, 05:57:01 (108.234.77.201)
Tried sending you an email for the file but it says you don't accept them. I am not sure about only working with 32bit dacs. I know I have been saying that, and maybe that is just ASIO. But I was able .......
270: Digital Drive, RE: Measureable and audible distortion..... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-26, 05:22:31 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Abe, Hope you are well. Left you hanging on the other thread. True about everyone having different opinions and audio is subjective. Its what makes it great. Anyhow this blurb was in the manual f .......
271: Digital Drive, RE: More Streaming Findings..... And An Essential Tweak......... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-25, 07:23:47 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Thanks Story!! I appreciate the well wishes and its good to be back and listening to tunes. Audio people are some of the best people right after beautiful nurses.... .......
272: Digital Drive, RE: More Streaming Findings..... And An Essential Tweak......... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-25, 05:24:52 (108.234.77.201)
UGh. I just got out of the hospital after they removed my brain tumor. My room was all packed up and the audio was in bins. They replaced the 30 year old pink carpet... So when reassembling things I w .......
273: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: OK, I own this DAC that is on their website ................ (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-24, 03:35:09 (108.234.77.201)
I suspect you are right. It will play fine with hysolid precisely because it is 32bit. Sure the file might not play but the dac supports 32bit. Also does your player support 32bit? That might be .......
274: Headphone Heights, Probably end up sounding clean and sterile nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-23, 11:39:50 (108.234.77.201)
D .......
275: Headphone Heights, RE: And another... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-23, 08:50:01 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah he is great. Though iirc he was using brushes like footers, like 3 small ones. I was doing that but its easier to just use the big ones. Hopefully they sound the same! Magwire and brushes, oh my! .......
276: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: What exactly... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-22, 18:29:25 (108.234.77.201)
Ah, I wasn't clear. Thanks for calling that out. Basically if your device is not capable of handling MUSIC at 32 bit, if the driver doesn't show up as 32 bit then Hysolid won't work. If your dac is 32 .......
277: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I seriously doubt that it will only work with 32 Bit DACs ........ (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-22, 18:23:35 (108.234.77.201)
But The Chord accepts 32 bit. And in the link you sent they also test 32/96. So the chord has a 32 bit driver and thus works with hysolid...even if only using the lower bits. I can easily test it .......
278: Headphone Heights, RE: And another... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-22, 12:18:47 (108.234.77.201)
lmao!! He may already have them!!! The idea came from another inmate but I forget who he was. Any how he was using small brushes as footers. Like cuticle brushes. Before I had homemade rollerballs and .......
279: Headphone Heights, RE: And another... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-22, 09:31:23 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks Man! It helps me to know people are rooting for me. Audio has some of the best people! Lots of work ahead but I am confident that one day I will be better than when I had the tumor! ::: TOPIC .......
280: Headphone Heights, RE: And another... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-22, 09:29:07 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks J!!!! Its good to be back and have some time for audio, even if its only headphones. Talk about some lose bolts!! Did you see the brushes under the components? That tripped out my buddy and sis .......
281: Computer Audio Asylum, Hysolid as a player (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-22, 09:12:47 (108.234.77.201)
I saw on another forum a thread about Hysolid. There was some review site mentioned and Hysolid had 1. something as the rating. Lots of comments about how it doesn't work, etc. Hysolid only works wit .......
282: Headphone Heights, RE: And another... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-21, 07:23:04 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks for the wishes G Squared. I am expecting a long road but yes, a full recovery. Thanks for starting this thread and posting your rig. Looking good. Hopefully we will get more picts from inmates .......
283: Headphone Heights, RE: And another... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-21, 07:19:44 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks Old guy 42! I am super fortunate! It wasn't cancerous and I am getting better each day. I am super fortunate for first rate care and family. The one complaint is they left my personality intact .......
284: Headphone Heights, RE: And another... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-20, 22:53:15 (108.234.77.201)
I was in the hospital for the last month recovering from a brain tumor. YES, that explains alot :) My room was packed up and the 30y old carpet was replaced with tile and painted, etc. Audio was pa .......
285: Headphone Heights, RE: Mine broke, crapped out. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-08-15, 00:46:27 (108.234.77.201)
Same here! .......
286: Digital Drive, That is surprising :) (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-04-17, 11:45:30 (108.234.77.201)
Didnt it get exposed as a fraud? And you pay more for it? What am I missing?? .......
287: Headphone Heights, RE: Sounds ok but I prefer the . . (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-04-17, 11:42:45 (108.234.77.201)
Hmm. Never seen the ibasso. On a lappy, the USB A is not an issue if its old like the one i have. I think on my iPhone I use the camera kit and yeah that adapter is not idea for walking around...thoug .......
288: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: OK so Volumio = RPI? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-04-17, 11:30:47 (108.234.77.201)
Nice score on the Lynx. I might not have read everything, but some of those lynx cards are limited on the AES output. So it might output less than it is rated... Also, I found the lynx to benefit from .......
289: Headphone Heights, RE: My Dragonfly Red system sounds great (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-04-13, 16:49:38 (108.234.77.201)
Yep thats the red. I have that adapter and use it with my phone too. It also sounds great there. Its surprisingly good how the phone can be as a source. .......
290: Headphone Heights, Shure Srh1840 with Dragonfly Red (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-04-11, 19:01:58 (108.234.77.201)
Ok, being an audio snob, I would never think that such a cheap system could sound great. But streaming from Amazon Prime music it sounds surprisingly good. Just a laptop and exclusive mode and it soun .......
291: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Anyone using 'Icecast' on W10? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-04-11, 12:44:16 (108.234.77.201)
no one wants to hear Aussie music... .......
292: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: That's HUGE for 2023...... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-04-11, 12:43:08 (108.234.77.201)
you forgot the electric company rate increases....Socal is like 20% each year....and with time of use, it probably makes sense to cycle things so it runs less at night. .......
293: Computer Audio Asylum, Been pretty happy with Amazon Music (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-03-24, 15:52:53 (108.234.77.201)
It even sounds great on the big system. .......
294: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: That's not entirely fair about Microsoft (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-02-04, 15:08:44 (108.234.77.201)
Ok. Then how do you explain the kmixer? .......
295: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Nuts! I "Posted" a response, but...... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-02-04, 09:59:00 (108.234.77.201)
Sorry bro. There are jotter plots and frequency response curves that you can just listen too. That site is awesome because you don't have to even buy the gear! .......
296: Computer Audio Asylum, Been pretty happy with Amazon Music (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-02-03, 21:09:30 (108.234.77.201)
It even sounds great on the big system. .......
297: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Come on, man (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2023-02-03, 21:07:42 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah right. And of course the commercial ones sound better. You can't reduce everything to one board. Power supplies and filtering and output stages all make a difference. Its like that company the bo .......
298: Computer Audio Asylum, Amir had something to do with the Windows audio stack so (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-25, 12:55:57 (108.234.77.201)
OF COURSE sound quality is not key on that site. BITS is Bits. .......
299: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Watch it. That's a sensitive area... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-25, 12:54:04 (108.234.77.201)
No offense. She has some Alexa products but doesn't use them. I showed her on Amazon Music and she used it a bit and then asked how she can get the songs without Alexa... She is using a bone conducti .......
300: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Best Streaming service (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-25, 12:50:37 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah I think the Amazon music is the ticket for her. She has been playing it today and has been pretty happy. I saw the playlist and how easy it is so that is the next step. .......
301: Computer Audio Asylum, Lemme guess, ALL your friends are on Tidal and Qobuz? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-24, 16:23:16 (108.234.77.201)
that sounds really unlikely. The rare times I am over at other peoples houses listening to their systems they never ever have any good things to play outside of Diana Krall, and well its Diana Krall! .......
302: Computer Audio Asylum, Don't you ever have friends over? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-24, 12:11:18 (108.234.77.201)
Never had a buddy over who has songs on his phone? Bluetooth is easy to hear his tunes....so he can buy the dac himself. .......
303: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Best Streaming service (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-24, 12:09:29 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks man. I know, it makes no sense. I have been playing with Amazon music and signed up for unlimited. Its showing all kind of stuff. She just wants to play specific songs. I thought apple music wo .......
304: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How's the Meta Data Using DBPoweramp? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-24, 11:31:06 (108.234.77.201)
I ripped 3,000 classical cds say 8 years ago and the metadata on everything was a disaster. All the rippers and playback are expecting Artist, Album and Song. To make it worse I know nothing about cla .......
305: Computer Audio Asylum, $8k and no bluetooth sad nt. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-24, 11:08:03 (108.234.77.201)
n .......
306: Computer Audio Asylum, Best Streaming service (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-24, 11:05:20 (108.234.77.201)
Ok, not talking so much about quality. Its for my mom. She has gotten into Englebert Humperdink and mostly listens to Youtube. Imagine the effort it takes to explain youtube playing music to a 73 year .......
307: General Asylum, RE: Downsize complete (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-13, 11:32:43 (108.234.77.201)
NICE job. If I knew 20 years ago what I know now, I would have never bought my maggies and passlabs amps. I would have just started with cans and saved some headache. Also speakers are dependent on ro .......
308: Headphone Heights, RE: Hifiman HE400 mods (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-13, 09:45:09 (108.234.77.201)
FWIW I have some m1060 planars with no cloth or grills and the drivers are just exposed to the elements. Dust is a non issue with them IME regardless of the internet... Here is a thread or 2 with some .......
309: Headphone Heights, Price is coming down $60 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-12-05, 11:46:04 (108.234.77.201)
Here is a link where its $60 .......
310: Digital Drive, RE: Bluetooth is the Easy Button and the Lazy Button (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-11-08, 17:28:55 (108.234.77.201)
come on man. Wifi used to suck but it constantly improved. You easily could have argued against wifi for music years ago but now its viable. Bluetooth will and is doing the same improvements. Soundch .......
311: Digital Drive, But Abe will come around eventually (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-11-08, 17:17:48 (108.234.77.201)
but it has to be like he found it. Once Roon adds bluetooth it will be good. .......
312: Digital Drive, you are assuming its a compromise. Thats the OPs whole point. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-11-08, 15:40:04 (108.234.77.201)
And one day it will be preferred. Imagine the dsp they can put in bluetooth speakers that will make it all sound better than a wired connection. Said another way, by definition you kind of have to ha .......
313: Digital Drive, Focal Bathys....nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-11-06, 18:41:08 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
314: General Asylum, RE: That's right (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-11-06, 18:39:19 (108.234.77.201)
Anytips for doing that on headphones? Do you mean absolute or relative? I don't think my dac, pre or amp have a switch. And well cables just attach one way. .......
315: Digital Drive, Same here but just one R2R nt. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-11-02, 18:01:21 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
316: Digital Drive, RE: All you guys badmouthing bluetooth, have you tried it lately?? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-11-02, 15:31:57 (108.234.77.201)
I see what you are saying. However in the context of system sometimes battery device sound better. Ac in the house can be dodgy in some systems and removing some of it might lead to better sound possi .......
317: Digital Drive, RE: All you guys badmouthing bluetooth, have you tried it lately?? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-11-01, 18:29:40 (108.234.77.201)
Totally believe you. One big plus with the tooth is that it electrically isolates some things. Kind of like toslink gets a bad wrap, in the right situation it is great. Imho its kind of like digital a .......
318: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Another high-end amp maker goes with SMPS (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-10-30, 09:50:43 (174.203.69.207)
Yeah. My headphone amp has one which is a bit ironic because its tube based and smps doesnt fit in its design philosophies. My DAC has a big toroid that would put alot of amps to shame. Guessing its j .......
319: Headphone Heights, RE: Yep. Yokes. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-10-29, 12:02:03 (108.234.77.201)
yep! .......
320: Cable Asylum, RE: Need a decent 'glass' TOSLINK cable... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-10-24, 12:45:53 (108.234.77.201)
Not sure these are glass exactly but they are affordable and the companies selling them are fairly trustworthy. I bought them but man who has time to listen to digital cables....so they are just sitti .......
321: Headphone Heights, RE: Stax - what else ??? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-25, 11:00:33 (108.234.77.201)
I recall audeze having some electrostats that were really good for alot less. Also Shure has some affordable electrostatic ear buds. Kse1500 is the ticket. .......
322: Headphone Heights, 11 months wait times for Decware (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-25, 10:58:10 (108.234.77.201)
Probably worth it though .......
323: General Asylum, RE: Chump (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-24, 18:53:08 (108.234.77.201)
you really are a saint... .......
324: Headphone Heights, Headphones.com (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-24, 14:44:22 (108.234.77.201)
They have a 365 return policy iirc. .......
325: Headphone Heights, Seems like more of a labor of love (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-24, 14:42:50 (108.234.77.201)
and not a business.... .......
326: General Asylum, Come on man (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-23, 11:25:53 (108.234.77.201)
can you hip that guy to the need for isolation products? Tube amps treated like that. Its sad. .......
327: Headphone Heights, 11 months wait times for Decware (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-23, 09:36:05 (108.234.77.201)
Probably worth it though .......
328: Headphone Heights, RE: Open back, comfortable, planar headphone suggestions (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-23, 09:34:00 (108.234.77.201)
Never tried them but the Aryas are the rage in that price point .......
329: Headphone Heights, RE: Open back, comfortable, planar headphone suggestions (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-22, 17:35:53 (108.234.77.201)
Never tried them but the Aryas are the rage in that price point .......
330: Digital Drive, RE: CD without a doubt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-16, 12:00:32 (108.234.77.201)
come on man. Topping measures the best.... .......
331: General Asylum, No need for speakers if everything measures well. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-10, 19:08:12 (108.234.77.201)
graphs are enough to tell the story. .......
332: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: QNAP ransomware.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-10, 18:53:06 (108.234.77.201)
Yep IOT is crazy. Why would you want something like the locks to your house to be on something as buggy as a home wifi system? Now those devices are all spying on you. Amazon selling roomba house mapp .......
333: General Asylum, RE: Bang & Olufsen introduces Beosound Theatre (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-03, 18:41:41 (108.234.77.201)
8k for a soundbar. Well done Bang & Olufsen. I used to work for them and yep it will sell. .......
334: General Asylum, I have 2 systems (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-01, 18:25:59 (108.234.77.201)
One is good sounding and one is neutral. I mostly listen to the good sounding one. The neutral one is boring and sterile and closed in. It gets played rarely and only on angst driven music like Rage A .......
335: General Asylum, Ime Physical media sounds better (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-09-01, 15:17:33 (108.234.77.201)
If by physical media you mean files on a sdcard...- .......
336: Digital Drive, RE: Correct (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-31, 19:46:42 (108.234.77.201)
Proof he never listens to anything. I recall him saying that Wasapi was all you needed for good sound on windows.... .......
337: Digital Drive, Its common wisdom but a fallacy (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-29, 20:01:12 (108.234.77.201)
I don't think this is possible: "I keep hearing friends loss less streaming kit hooked up to DAC's that sound so bloody rich its not funny." You remind me of an audio buddy who was going to a store "t .......
338: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphone suggestions? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-15, 14:28:56 (108.234.77.201)
Sorry. I must have misread the no in ear stuff. FWIW the Koss is supposed to sound good and be an amazing bargain. If a normal around ear headphone is OK as long as it is open back, the Beyerdynamic T .......
339: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Steve Guttenberg thinks otherwise (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-08, 18:47:20 (108.234.77.201)
Let me enroll in my professional driving course before you take my car away. .......
340: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphone suggestions? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-08, 11:54:34 (108.234.77.201)
comfort is subjective. But this ticks all the other boxes. There is a B stock just a bit over $200 .......
341: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Steve Guttenberg thinks otherwise (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-06, 13:03:47 (108.234.77.201)
Come on Davey. Are you seriously dismissing someones hearing because they are a "complete non-technical guy"? Like only technical guys can hear and evaluate sound?? .......
342: Headphone Heights, RE: Shure SE846 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-06, 11:05:58 (108.234.77.201)
are they audiophile or neutral pro type sound? .......
343: General Asylum, RE: Another slimmed down setup (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-05, 21:52:11 (108.234.77.201)
nice job man!! That looks great. Ironically earlier today I was counting gear and there are 5 components between my player and my headphones.... .......
344: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I didn't say it before about Amarra... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-05, 10:43:10 (174.203.41.197)
Maybe software is different, but I used to work in the AV industry and many shows you werent set up to actually sell things. Mostly "go to the website" or "let me get your info" type things. I think I .......
345: Headphone Heights, RE: Shure SE846 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-08-03, 19:03:54 (108.234.77.201)
THat is high praise man. Havent tried the FiiO. Doubtful I will buy another iem. have 6 IIRC. probably more. The Shures are a draw because of their pro history. Normally pro stuff is too neutral, but .......
346: Digital Drive, That site is awful. Its just bits is bits there with no listening. nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-07-28, 12:30:39 (108.234.77.201)
sad .......
347: Headphone Heights, RE: Shure SE846 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-07-28, 10:55:14 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah, I can see that. I use the Shures off a desktop amp and can see where other buds would be better with a portable perhaps. Grado never entered my mind. There headphones always seem to get mediocre .......
348: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I didn't say it before about Amarra... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-07-21, 16:19:58 (108.234.77.201)
Maybe software is different, but I used to work in the AV industry and many shows you werent set up to actually sell things. Mostly "go to the website" or "let me get your info" type things. I think I .......
349: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I used to use Amarra... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-07-21, 13:21:32 (108.234.77.201)
I tried Adirvana it was ok but I think it fell short with the app/ control or something. Amarra just worked and sounded good. My needs were pretty particular. Brushes are footers. You got tubes bro .......
350: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Suggestions for playback software on a Mac... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-07-20, 18:17:52 (108.234.77.201)
Give Amarra a try. I picked it over Audirvana. Also get some vibe control on that stack! 4-5 of the linked product should work well .......
351: Headphone Heights, Shure SE846 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-07-18, 17:13:21 (108.234.77.201)
If there is such a thing for endgame earbuds, I think these are them for me. I have the Shure SE1200 electrostatics and while they sound better than the SE846 overall, when you factor in the electrost .......
352: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: In general "pro" amps don't measure as very well (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-06-30, 13:22:07 (108.234.77.201)
Almost bought some minimags. Its been a while, but couldn't you use the crown on the bass panel? And the mac on the satellites? best of both worlds? .......
353: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: In general "pro" amps don't measure as very well (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-06-30, 11:19:11 (108.234.77.201)
"This is the distortion spectrum for the 1002 at 1 Hz, maximum gain" Try it at max gain to hear the distortion :) .......
354: Digital Drive, RE: NOS R2R DAC recommendations (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-06-28, 20:32:21 (108.234.77.201)
I bought the Border Patrol se myself .......
355: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Basic Questions About Playing Music Through my System (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-06-09, 18:34:43 (108.234.77.201)
Good luck, there are flies on the windscreen... .......
356: Tweakers' Asylum, Voolston and Mossback, nice ones! nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-06-02, 16:10:42 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
357: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Settled on these for footers under all gear (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-06-02, 16:09:45 (108.234.77.201)
thanks dude. Its way more practical than the other brushes. .......
358: Tweakers' Asylum, Yep, messed with non audio stuff and these (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-06-02, 16:08:42 (108.234.77.201)
seem to be the best and cheapest and easiest. Roller balls sucked...couple of nose dives and I ditched them though they sounded great. Then I went to using kevlar string and suspending components but .......
359: Tweakers' Asylum, Correct! Bristles up but you could try either nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-06-02, 16:06:31 (108.234.77.201)
s .......
360: Tweakers' Asylum, Settled on these for footers under all gear (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-28, 12:42:35 (108.234.77.201)
Best brushes so far and most practical. .......
361: General Asylum, RE: Motion Amplification (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-28, 12:40:52 (108.234.77.201)
cool link brah, This is way cheaper and makes excellent footers for gear .......
362: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: if I really wanted to do this (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-25, 15:09:29 (108.234.77.201)
I left out some info but its unlikely I can add dsp as you mention. The clean system is a player/dac with a headphone out. So outside of the files themselves its kind of problematic. Also I tried some .......
363: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Want to record what my system does and then add that to files themselves (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-25, 15:04:34 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah I get it. That said I am not using a playback program. Playback is off a sd card and options are play pause ff, etc. So thats the idea of having duplicate files. I could just swap out sd cards as .......
364: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Want to record what my system does and then add that to files themselves (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-25, 15:02:12 (108.234.77.201)
You are not wrong generally. I didn't mention it but I am using headphones and so there is not different speakers. Headphones benefit from some bass boost, soundstage widening and tubes...at least all .......
365: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Want to record what my system does and then add that to files themselves (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-25, 14:57:54 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks man I think that is the ticket. Though these are headphones so I will need to do some research on the best way to record. Though minidsp makes a rig IIRC. .......
366: Computer Audio Asylum, Want to record what my system does and then add that to files themselves (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-21, 21:13:16 (108.234.77.201)
I know I know I should have a clean system that is faithful to the recording. Yet I have a chain that processes the sound in many ways to make it sound better. From tubes to loudness controls to sound .......
367: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphone impedance setting? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-10, 21:31:06 (108.234.77.201)
My amp has 6 impedence options from 25ohm to 400ohm. The manual says that some headphones will sound better depending on the setting so to try all the settings for the best sound. .......
368: Digital Drive, RE: Perceived Differences........ (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-09, 20:41:05 (108.234.77.201)
Pretty much have had similar experiences. audio players mattered, even drives and where the file was located made a difference. Adding a psu for the drives or the mobo made a difference. Then I moved .......
369: Digital Drive, RE: Big Benefit of having Multiple Systems (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-09, 20:25:25 (108.234.77.201)
I have basically 3 headphone systems. 2 are "accurate" and feature a pro sound. The other one has all kind of processing to tweak the sound to my liking- soundstage expander, bass boost, tubes, sonic .......
370: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: iOS player that plays local/iCloud files ? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-08, 07:26:18 (108.234.77.201)
It has a ton of settings and dsp options. If you are using earbuds or headphones there are eq presets for pretty much every headphone Playback/ dsp/ frequency response corrected .......
371: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: iOS player that plays local/iCloud files ? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-07, 19:44:06 (174.203.76.73)
It has a ton of settings and dsp options. If you are using earbuds or headphones there are eq presets for pretty much every headphone Playback/ dsp/ frequency response corrected .......
372: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: iOS player that plays local/iCloud files ? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-05-06, 10:08:11 (108.234.77.201)
Try Neutron. It does everything. Everything. Though I don't understand what you are trying to actually do. I use neutron and just imported files to my phone and it plays them from the local drive. IIR .......
373: Digital Drive, RE: What do you mean? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-01-08, 15:03:55 (108.234.77.201)
Totally get it. My dac died and i was looking at a replacement. Looked at a ton of dacs. This vid where he said a/bing the Qutest with the BP the Qutest was better but when listening for hours to the .......
374: Digital Drive, RE: What do you mean? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-01-06, 12:21:03 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah man not sure what he is talking about...but I was wanting to know what kind of music he is talking about. Right now I am listening to Rage Against the Machine and even with the 2 tube stages afte .......
375: Digital Drive, What do you mean? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-01-05, 13:23:57 (108.234.77.201)
what is dense high energy music and I will check for you. FWIW I haven't noticed anything like that on my Border patrol. .......
376: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thanks for your helpful thought ... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-01-05, 12:36:01 (108.234.77.201)
Got a pict from the audio wall showing the chair? .......
377: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Near field has its place it's not practical everywhere -nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-01-04, 17:16:54 (108.234.77.201)
Bet you could make it work. Be creative. Not nearfield like in a studio. Post a diagram of the room and I might be able to show you .......
378: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Room mods are impractical in my case (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-01-03, 18:30:24 (108.234.77.201)
could you do nearfield? .......
379: Computer Audio Asylum, Its all fake so pick the fake you like (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2022-01-03, 15:42:44 (108.234.77.201)
I read that on some forum and once it sunk in I stopped being a purist. It all started with the BBE SOnic maximizer... that is such a polarizing piece but I tried it and man it is a keeper. You can ad .......
380: Headphone Heights, RE: Shure KSE1200- update (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-22, 15:14:10 (108.234.77.201)
These are really helped by a bass boost. Also they sound better out of a headphone out than directly out of a dac or line level like a pre .......
381: Digital Drive, RE: Here's an interesting looking device ... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-17, 08:52:10 (108.234.77.201)
Sadly all the decware stuff has an 11 month back log so i will cancel. I bought the stock tascam and will just use the digital out to my border patrol .......
382: Computer Audio Asylum, Glad it worked! nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-16, 18:37:19 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
383: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Volume difference between CD transport and PC/streaming (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-13, 18:00:13 (108.234.77.201)
In the tray it shows the main device (VB cable) at 100% but if you open the volume mixer you see the other items at lower volumes. .......
384: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Volume difference between CD transport and PC/streaming (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-13, 15:25:32 (108.234.77.201)
swear its a setting in windows there is a mixer .......
385: Digital Drive, RE: upgrading output of a Tascam DA-3000 ADC-DAC (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-04, 21:19:44 (108.234.77.201)
I just bought the decware. A while ago i bought the border patrol dac. I bought their points about the computer and psu and cables etc .......
386: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Amazon Music to HD (lossless) Upgrade Free! (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-04, 18:47:15 (108.234.77.201)
The app is reporting what you told windows your device could do: 24/192. If you change that in windows properties, the app should show the change. .......
387: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Because audiophool clocking is way over rated.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-04, 16:12:02 (108.234.77.201)
I recall a vid by ps audio where ted smith was basically saying rubidium clocks are not what you really want for audio. I don't know enough to judge. Maybe that "rubidium is better than ocxo" conclusi .......
388: Computer Audio Asylum, I saw all that already (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-02, 08:44:50 (108.234.77.201)
No proof that he is getting paid. You posted a blurb from their site about 15% commission: "Being the manufacturer allows us to offer a hefty 15% commission per sale to those promoting our hardware on .......
389: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Interesting Jitter test (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-01, 19:03:53 (108.234.77.201)
Cool tk. Good job. I didnt really listen to the adjusted gain files. .......
390: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Uptone LPS 1.2 is no more R.I.P. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-01, 18:58:03 (108.234.77.201)
Oh no. How dare he .......
391: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Uptone LPS 1.2 is no more R.I.P. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-12-01, 18:22:10 (108.234.77.201)
Nice job Abe. I guess soundcheck is a total idiot shill because he forgot to put any Allo links on his site, or on his fanboy poasts here. Did I just miss them? What evidence do you have that he is .......
392: Digital Drive, LOL. I ordered one last week! (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-11-29, 09:40:39 (108.234.77.201)
Yep. I can do away with the computer, switch, ethernet, and FWIW I agree with their list of issues with the computer. I just need to get some cards for the files which I already have feeding the mac m .......
393: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I just added the Jitter Album to my Roon Library..... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-11-29, 08:46:27 (108.234.77.201)
I thought I was doing OK in that area. Though when I explained my results to that guy he said my Big Ben was jittery and would colour the sound. I thought the BB was decent. Been using it to transiti .......
394: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I just added the Jitter Album to my Roon Library..... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-11-29, 08:09:37 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Fred, I do take it pretty seriously. Jitter is fascinating because some claim is doesn't impact the sound at all and others certainly see it is a thing. Having a test where you can hear it is ill .......
395: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I just added the Jitter Album to my Roon Library..... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-11-26, 21:21:20 (108.234.77.201)
Originally i struggled but one track just sounded right and the other ones were just off. I doubt i could have reliably picked out the file everytime. But that chain has 6 boxes after the switch that .......
396: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Interesting Jitter test (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-11-26, 21:15:09 (108.234.77.201)
Cool. Cant wait to hear your results. .......
397: Computer Audio Asylum, Interesting Jitter test (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-11-23, 20:42:22 (108.234.77.201)
Check out this site on jitter. I was able to pick the reference file fairly easily. .......
398: Headphone Heights, RE: Excellent Sounding IEM Earphones (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-11-02, 20:41:11 (108.234.77.201)
my bad. I confused FiiO with iFI and thought you HAD to be a shill .......
399: Headphone Heights, RE: Excellent Sounding IEM Earphones (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-11-02, 11:44:19 (108.234.77.201)
swear you are a fiiO shill... .......
400: Headphone Heights, RE: Expensive Closed Back Worthwhile? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-10-27, 19:16:39 (108.234.77.201)
Give the Ultrasone Signature pros an audition if they are in your budget. Comfy and sound great. Their s-logic tech does work and its not an "in your head" experience. There is a 580 i think that is i .......
401: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Going with Amarra Luxe for my mac (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-10-02, 18:13:22 (107.185.137.161)
Sure man will do. Its sounding pretty amazing now Basically I have been on these boards since before there was a PC audio forum and given all the problems covered about usb I knew that I didnt want to .......
402: Headphone Heights, RE: Black Ice (jolida) soundstage expander (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-10-02, 03:35:07 (107.185.137.161)
Exactly how it works! Thats a great explanation. What headphones are you using with it? .......
403: Headphone Heights, RE: Ineresting ! How does it sound with loudspeakers ? (nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-10-02, 03:33:14 (107.185.137.161)
No idea since i only do headphones. Though most of the reviews if not all at music direct mention how well it works with speakers .......
404: Headphone Heights, Black Ice (jolida) soundstage expander (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-29, 10:57:20 (108.234.77.201)
I find this works great for headphones! I use it in conjunction with the crossfeed settings on my Hafler (to bring the center image closer) and it does make things sound like speakers. Worth an audit .......
405: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Will is send music out over the internet via DLNA or... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-29, 09:06:07 (108.234.77.201)
I am not sure. I use a different protocol for network music. They have a trial version of the different players. Luxe is the one i got. .......
406: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Haven't heard of them in years (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-29, 08:59:20 (108.234.77.201)
Just files myself but they have qobuz and tidal support too. The app was better and the sq was noticeably better. More separation and 3d. It was noticeable. .......
407: Computer Audio Asylum, Just pointing out the facts man. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-28, 13:31:13 (108.234.77.201)
G .......
408: Computer Audio Asylum, Going with Amarra Luxe for my mac (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-28, 12:51:43 (108.234.77.201)
After playing with Audirvana and HQplayer, I tried Amarra Luxe and it works and sounds better to my ears. Well done sonic studio. .......
409: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-28, 12:50:30 (108.234.77.201)
I was around when Amarra came out. Its a winner and now costs less than Roon I think at $99 .......
410: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Yes? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-28, 12:48:53 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Bambi I have my music computer and my work computer joined by dante. I use the same system for sound playback only and when needed play youtube and disney plus through that system using dante. .......
411: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-28, 12:37:22 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks for the post. It seems like it could work and I didnt know that dac would work that way. That said, abe is right. I have a special situation and the streamer wont work. My dac has a driver th .......
412: Computer Audio Asylum, Wow, you sound triggered (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-28, 11:53:50 (108.234.77.201)
It seems like you have an overly emotional desire for everyone to build an Allo streamer. you even offer to help which on some level is commendable, but its like every answer to every question. And no .......
413: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-28, 11:01:08 (108.234.77.201)
Sure chasing that extra % is tougher but not as defeatist as you say. Its not a given that there will be instability. I mean in this case I am talking about player software that will sound great and r .......
414: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-28, 10:51:35 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Gordon. Thanks for chiming in. Though given some other comments over time I am still confused. You said earlier that usb and ethernet are often combined...so given: "So USB DAC - NO USB Hard drive .......
415: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-20, 10:41:03 (108.234.77.201)
streamers wont work for me. I am not using a usb dac. and sure I could get one to work through spdif, but all my DANTE gear would not work with a streamer. Well they say they support linux so perhaps .......
416: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-20, 10:37:16 (108.234.77.201)
Hey Abe, There is a distinction between the player and the app. Yes you can do things in the player for sure...but the app not so much. I don't want to use a computer, so the app needs to work. It doe .......
417: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-19, 18:48:13 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks Abe, It was pretty helpful though I wish I could just delete all the audio devices I will never use. On windows you could disable the onboard card and the internal speakers, etc. I only nee .......
418: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-18, 10:01:00 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks Gordon. I got a great deal on the mini and am not using usb so I have to make the most out of it. The Audirvana control app seems to be the weak link now. I still need to get the time to do s .......
419: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-14, 13:33:08 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks a ton Abe, I think I got it. Had to do several updates but its the latest now. I think in the midi I can't do anything because the software I am using has its own controls. Though in your pic .......
420: Computer Audio Asylum, Mac optimization and Audirvana tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-12, 18:06:07 (108.234.77.201)
So I just got a Mac mini and Audirvana. Its pretty disappointing. I thought this would just work and sound great. Its ok. Are there any os tweaks that I can do. One of my big pet peeves is googling t .......
421: Digital Drive, RE: It seems that your Headphones are causing .................... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-10, 08:37:41 (108.234.77.201)
Yeah its weird how people dont get it. And I think there is even a physics basis for vibration changing the electrical characteristics of components. Piezoelectric effect. And like everyone knows tube .......
422: Digital Drive, RE: It seems that your Headphones are causing .................... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-09-07, 14:18:49 (108.234.77.201)
Thats pretty optimistic. Its like the focus on a microscope. Once you get focused you can really see all the details. Its surprising what some time and a few bucks can do to your system. Sure things .......
423: Digital Drive, RE: It seems that your Headphones are causing .................... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-28, 14:34:22 (174.203.33.225)
Its really sad how you are behaving. First off I was talking about your system. Big horns tube amps and all on wood shelves. Has to kill the resolution. So logically my headphones wont have any thing .......
424: Digital Drive, RE: Gear A better than Gear B. Gear C better than Gear A. Gear B better than Gear C.....Repeat .....nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-28, 12:27:22 (108.234.77.201)
and add in the SYSTEM nature of the hobby. I had a buddy who went to a store to "listen to amps". There was a Youtube reviewer who understood that and had a policy of not doing negative reviews becaus .......
425: Digital Drive, RE: I hadn't realized ............................ (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-28, 12:23:23 (108.234.77.201)
Another sad post. Now you are resorting to name calling.... Its simply credibility. Vibration can kill a systems resolution, especially with tubes on wooden shelves. Both you and Abe need help on that .......
426: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: DOTM Chord Qutest DAC Audition + Conclusion (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-28, 11:40:24 (108.234.77.201)
One of those vids had a guy who had the Qutest and thought he was done. Then he got the Border Patrol and eventually sold the Qutest because while in direct comparison the Qutest was "better", he alwa .......
427: Digital Drive, Tame implies some sort of (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-28, 01:15:02 (174.203.33.225)
Rolling off or euphony. I am not saying that. Its more like when the timing and resolution is right those recordings become listenable. Some examples https://youtu.be/0a-S-ARt3-8 https://youtu.be/QVe .......
428: Digital Drive, RE: Those of You With the Border Patrol Dac, What's the Report? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-25, 07:09:50 (108.234.77.201)
After a bit more than a week, here is my current conclusion. Its a solid state dac. Its not a tube dac. That said it gets the timing right...bass and vocals, etc, the timing is just better. Its resol .......
429: Digital Drive, RE: There is shipping (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-25, 07:03:13 (108.234.77.201)
but skinheads man, skinheads .......
430: Digital Drive, RE: There is shipping (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-24, 20:32:19 (108.234.77.201)
really worried about you man. This $300 will radicalize you. Did you see the "Sanyo Technology Skinhead" that comes with this? Almost as bad as putting youtube on auto play. .......
431: Digital Drive, RE: Those of You With the Border Patrol Dac, What's the Report? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-24, 20:26:58 (108.234.77.201)
you graduated from the same vibration control school Abe did. Sad man. And you have tubes on wooden shelves with big speakers... .......
432: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: +1 Thank you (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-20, 19:58:21 (108.234.77.201)
He basically said yes signals are analog but it doesn't matter. It either works or doesn't. Yet he fails to explain your experience with usb cables sounding different. He literally does not explain y .......
433: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: 2021 - DACs that do not require USB tweaks ? A 22k DAC does need them... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-17, 08:18:26 (108.234.77.201)
Its timing errors I think he is talking about. Not data. IMHO thats the main thing that the bits is bits crowd misses. Heck there was a recent post where some one talked bout usb cables and how the p .......
434: Digital Drive, RE: Altis CDT-1 UG (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-16, 16:03:34 (108.234.77.201)
not me but maybe you can get help here https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/altis-audio-reference-manual .......
435: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: 2021 - DACs that do not require USB tweaks ? A 22k DAC does need them... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-16, 13:53:56 (108.234.77.201)
Horse to water Abe. You acknowledge that usb cables do sound different. Mel explained the analog nature of the cables but somehow you dismiss it, yet agree they sound different. What is your explanat .......
436: Headphone Heights, Shure KSE1200 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-13, 18:17:35 (108.234.77.201)
Damn these rock! AMazon had them for $1299 on prime day and oh yes I did. I needed earbuds because I got a stand up desk, then a treadmill so now I walk for hours a day and the normal cans would be sw .......
437: Digital Drive, Border Patrol dude said (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-13, 14:23:27 (108.234.77.201)
The PSU and chip gave the sweet sound and that the Jupiter was the icing on the cake. .......
438: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: 2021 - DACs that do not require USB tweaks ? A 22k DAC does need them... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-13, 13:06:13 (108.234.77.201)
Abe it seems like Mel DID provide a technical explanation when he wrote: There is no such thing as a digital signal in a wire. The USB cable carries an analog signal attempting to make perfect square .......
439: Digital Drive, RE: Those of You With the Border Patrol Dac, What's the Report? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-13, 11:55:59 (108.234.77.201)
Jut got it hooked up and its making tunes. Hookup was different because the last dac has aes/ebu and this one has rca spdif, so I had to get a different ethernet to digital converter. Anyhow it works .......
440: Digital Drive, RE: Those of You With the Border Patrol Dac, What's the Report? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-13, 09:25:29 (108.234.77.201)
Probably not. But Border Patrol goes out of their way to mention that they are the only one doing it and just a guess that something like that with tubes would be more than an off the shelf solutio .......
441: Digital Drive, RE: Those of You With the Border Patrol Dac, What's the Report? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-11, 18:20:32 (108.234.77.201)
Most of the dough in there is the tube rectified power supply and the output cap I think: .......
442: Digital Drive, Will do but (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-11, 18:17:12 (108.234.77.201)
My existing dacs are balanced and Amir said that a dac must be balanced and well measurements.... .......
443: Digital Drive, Mine should get here friday nt. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-11, 12:01:14 (108.234.77.201)
d .......
444: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: A little Topping for the Raspberry Pi....... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-10, 09:30:53 (108.234.77.201)
I dont use usb on my dac but I recall that the ASIO driver would display the settings and the sample rate and even the firmware IIRC. .......
445: Digital Drive, Have the shure KSE1200 electrostats and (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-05, 11:56:45 (108.234.77.201)
plan to just run straight out of the dac at first. .......
446: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: But What's the Difference Between a Tweak and a Better Source? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-05, 11:53:14 (108.234.77.201)
thats been my experience too. When I run the data into a reclocker for instance it sounds better than straight to the dac. Smoother and less edgy mostly. .......
447: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: 2021 - DACs that do not require USB tweaks ? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-05, 09:06:14 (108.234.77.201)
These and the general upstreamitis in the op: My estimate: 99% or more (from 10000?) are still not doing it right. These filters/reclockers/regenerators are no snake-oil. They do what they are suppose .......
448: Digital Drive, RE: Thanks everyone. I ordered the Border Patrol (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-04, 12:26:30 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks for the report. I figured burn in would be needed because of the caps in the SE version. But thanks for the denefrips comparison. I was thinking of cancelling because it hasnt shipped and I rea .......
449: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: 2021 - DACs that do not require USB tweaks ? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-04, 11:11:18 (108.234.77.201)
Why would anyone still use USB with all the issues? .......
450: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: 2021 - DACs that do not require USB tweaks ? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-04, 11:07:36 (108.234.77.201)
"there are no absolutes in audio" come on Fred...thats an absolute... .......
451: Cable Asylum, RE: RIP Duster (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-03, 07:21:26 (108.234.77.201)
That sucks. He was a great guy and a great inmate. He will be missed a ton. .......
452: Digital Drive, RE: Thanks everyone. I ordered the Border Patrol (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-01, 16:40:11 (108.234.77.201)
Not that is comedy. Nicely done. I might just plug my Shure Ke1200s directly into the output on the Border Patrol for a simple system. .......
453: Digital Drive, Currently yes. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-01, 13:53:20 (108.234.77.201)
B .......
454: Digital Drive, RE: Thanks everyone. I ordered the Border Patrol (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-01, 12:52:02 (108.234.77.201)
Oh no. I had to cancel. Just found out it measured terribly and is not balanced. Omg Ok. Ha ha. I will let you know for sure. .......
455: Digital Drive, Thanks everyone. I ordered the Border Patrol (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-08-01, 08:47:15 (108.234.77.201)
Nt .......
456: Digital Drive, RE: An idiot trying to connect Sonos Port and Schiit Modi 3 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-07-24, 10:22:08 (174.203.74.225)
Use a cable like this https://www.amazon.com/Coaxial-Digital-Audio-Cable-Black/dp/B00287BNKE/ref=asc_df_B00287BNKE/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=216526779832&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=61589437041489 .......
457: Digital Drive, RE: Milk? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-07-24, 05:52:32 (108.234.77.201)
Please keep your day job. I did hope it was the tube amp but nope its working fine. Old dac is working fine off the same feed. .......
458: Digital Drive, RE: What would make a dac crackle (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-07-24, 05:47:15 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks for the reply. Sadly all that is beyond me I think and doubt someone locally can do it. Need to talk to the seller I suppose. .......
459: Digital Drive, No jitter in that example nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-07-23, 00:43:07 (174.203.34.12)
X .......
460: Digital Drive, No pre (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-07-23, 00:08:46 (174.203.34.12)
X .......
461: Digital Drive, What would make a dac crackle (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-07-22, 20:45:24 (108.234.77.201)
Recently my system started having a much lower output and distortion. Crackle is probably not the right word but is like all the frequencies between the low bass and the high highs is gone. and if you .......
462: Digital Drive, RE: Denafrips Ares II DAC vs Topping D90 DAC - My impressions.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-04-29, 07:11:57 (108.234.77.201)
The pundits on another site said it was Frequency response and beamwidth. .......
463: Digital Drive, RE: Denafrips Ares II DAC vs Topping D90 DAC - My impressions.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-04-26, 07:58:58 (108.234.77.201)
Nice detailed review. It jives with most of the comparisons online. In terms of soundstage, what specs back up your claim that the Ares has deeper soundstage? .......
464: Digital Drive, Just ditching Foobar is enough improvement in sound nt. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-04-24, 21:18:00 (108.234.77.201)
Foobar is flat and 2D. .......
465: Digital Drive, RE: Preamp Section of Benchmark DAC3 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-04-24, 21:09:19 (108.234.77.201)
I own 3 pro audio dacs. 1 from Focusrite, Lynx and Esi. They all have a very clean presentation and I can see where that would easily be called LEAN though not harsh. It really comes down to matching .......
466: Computer Audio Asylum, Ears pale compared to measurements (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-04-24, 13:48:31 (108.234.77.201)
just pick the one with the best measurements... .......
467: Computer Audio Asylum, Like amps, all dacs sound the same...nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-04-23, 18:05:48 (108.234.77.201)
read that on the interwebs. .......
468: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Anyone shopped for WiFi Routers lately ? .................. (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-04-23, 18:02:29 (108.234.77.201)
Not recently, but I used to work for a smart home company and often the main thing we did was make the wifi work everywhere and fast. Luxul was a major step up from the run of the mill players. Worth .......
469: Computer Audio Asylum, Less manu (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-04-10, 15:13:12 (108.234.77.201)
the only thing that has changed is that people no longer seem to be worried as much about soundquality here. If it plays that seems to be good enough. If it measures well then it is good enough. peopl .......
470: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Optical Ethernet (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-03-05, 22:14:50 (108.234.77.201)
I bought two of them from amazon. .......
471: Digital Drive, RE: I am well and truly annoyed (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-03-04, 23:38:15 (108.234.77.201)
Here is a cheaper option with rca spdif .......
472: Digital Drive, RE: I am well and truly annoyed (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-03-04, 23:34:26 (108.234.77.201)
Audiolab, cambridge and project all have options at $500 or less And any bluray player could work if you are ok with optical out .......
473: Digital Drive, RE: Digital Dilemma (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-03-04, 10:02:45 (108.234.77.201)
Its weird because just a year ago there were more inputs on dacs. Well at least the one I bought had 2 opticals, 2 coaxes, one usb and AES. But its discontinued and ones these days have less inputs it .......
474: Computer Audio Asylum, Thanks dude that helps. nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-15, 18:33:09 (108.234.77.201)
fmak rules .......
475: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thinking of trying linux (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-12, 06:51:34 (108.234.77.201)
Weird. If JRMC can play to one device via asio then the network should distribute it to any or all devices if you set it up right. Said another way it should have nothing to do with the playback softw .......
476: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Latencies (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-11, 18:34:07 (108.234.77.201)
Thats a big difference I think between the vanilla and realtime. FWIW I am getting ROUND TRIP latencies like the ones depicted here on DEVICES which are probably fairly decent for round trip: Th .......
477: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: "Is it worth the bother?" (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-11, 18:00:33 (108.234.77.201)
Thats a good idea about try before you buy. I can just test the waters. FWIW the pi wont work for me so those easy routes probably wont be an option. .......
478: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I've played with Linux half a dozen times over the years (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-11, 17:58:02 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks. I think I might have the same reaction. I swear that I have gotten old. When I was younger projects like this would be embraced and eventually things would bend to my will. Now I just want ins .......
479: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thinking of trying linux (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-11, 17:55:43 (108.234.77.201)
I should have been more clear. I am familiar with the audio jargon and software you mentioned, just none of the linux stuff. This is some good info and thanks for it. Dante is a network audio prot .......
480: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thinking of trying linux (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-11, 17:40:21 (108.234.77.201)
Yikes. If the guru is talking like this consider me officially daunted. .......
481: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thinking of trying linux (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-10, 20:57:00 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks Et Alot of that was jargon. Do those programs you mention have network control with an iphone? Use of the card is pretty basic. It would connect via its ethernet ports to my switch that support .......
482: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thinking of trying linux (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-10, 20:48:59 (108.234.77.201)
Thx Rod They have an Alsa driver available. They also will support other versions and offer a chargeable service for providing an adequate compiled and installable driver package .......
483: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Bypass fuse and attenuator on Magnepan 1.7 (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-09, 18:48:56 (108.234.77.201)
best to put this in the planar asylum. .......
484: Computer Audio Asylum, Thinking of trying linux (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-09, 18:33:07 (108.234.77.201)
I found a product that will work with what I have currently and also will work with linux: - Ubuntu LTS - Debian LTS - CentOS 7 This is not a pi project. I need a PCIe slot to make this work. So som .......
485: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: "All my PCs are silent" Really? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-05, 23:07:06 (108.234.77.201)
Thats a great analogy if we were doing water cooling :) .......
486: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Realtime Linux Latencies (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-05, 22:15:49 (108.234.77.201)
Which asio drivers were these? .......
487: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: "All my PCs are silent" Really? (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-05, 22:14:31 (108.234.77.201)
Thats not exactly a smoking gun. I cant speak for Fred, but i often unplugged such fans and heck even removed some from several atx psus. So what you buy and post about and how you use it could be ver .......
488: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Not sure what those hotshots are doing, but (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-04, 14:46:08 (108.234.77.201)
This was not mine but I had the same results. Its a cicsmemory player build. Win Xp pro sp2 with all kind of OS slimming. The cpu on the site now is the i3 but I was using an earlier cpu which I forge .......
489: Computer Audio Asylum, Not sure what those hotshots are doing, but (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-02-04, 12:42:09 (108.234.77.201)
its possible to do way better with windows .......
490: Hi-Rez Highway, Weird (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-20, 14:26:39 (108.234.77.201)
I read on here that its impossible for network cables to make ANY difference in the sound... .......
491: Digital Drive, RE: So many streamed tracks show clipping in DEQ 2496 meter (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-17, 16:40:44 (108.234.77.201)
Yes...loudness wars to blame. Man I forget where I read it but there was an article that said digital clipping was pretty common. Have you tried comparing to the cd version? .......
492: Cable Asylum, RE: They look like the stock ones. Thanks D! nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-15, 17:00:18 (108.234.77.201)
I will make my own based on the cable cook book. Basically some thin solid core wires with cotton. .......
493: Cable Asylum, They look like the stock ones. Thanks D! nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-15, 14:49:29 (108.234.77.201)
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494: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Except that S/PDIF sounds better.............................../n (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-14, 17:42:46 (108.234.77.201)
Nice man. You got me beat. Mine is a bit longer .......
495: Headphone Heights, Ultrasone (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-14, 08:40:20 (108.234.77.201)
I think they get a bad rap. I now have 3 of their models: Edition 11, Signature Pro, and 1400I. All are winners and I really dig how they image. Some of the reviews I have seen talk about them being o .......
496: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Except that S/PDIF sounds better.............................../n (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-14, 08:30:27 (108.234.77.201)
AES is supposed to be 110 ohms IIRC so nowhere near 75 ohms is accurate. How can you tell a good AES cable? Also would it matter much if you reclock anyhow? .......
497: Cable Asylum, 2 pin headphone connectors (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-13, 19:53:57 (108.234.77.201)
Need to make some cables for my new cans. They have 2 pin connectors like in the pict. any one know where to buy the connectors? .......
498: Computer Audio Asylum, $84 nt (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-13, 19:29:28 (108.234.77.201)
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499: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Bizarre ethernet problem (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-13, 18:22:57 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks man. I will try the different port to see. In looking into it I have a different ugreen model that has the AA88179x chip. I found an amazon basics one that had a data sheet that said the follow .......
500: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Good call. You're right.... (0.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2021-01-13, 17:52:40 (108.234.77.201)
Thanks...me too. Ordered a usb/ ethernet adaptor that mentions that it will handle the cable issue so I think I ultimately will solve it. .......
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