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Performances Exchange (Dead) Components Exchange (Dead) Satire Trade Audio Demoronizator AD-1 My Audio Leftovers Links Search Forums Search Google Search Contact Contact Romy The Cat?   Is it REALLY Important?   Ok, contact Romy the CaT Thread WITH the new posts. Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours. High Quality Music Server / CD player 3662  Let keep eyes on the ball. Define what the ball is. 3662  Inconveniences of music servers 3661  Am I missing something? 3661  Data in = Data out 3660  A perfect copy? 3660  CDP vs HDD 3659  Perhaps your hardware is different... 3659  Get ripped & clocked 3658  Quality & Quantity of Music...Oxymorons...Fibre Optics 3657  Don't necessarily trust your soundcard/interface... 3649  Bypass that sound card! 3647  Look both ways 3647  Is USB the solution? 3647  Bypass that sound card? The Cosecant DAC? 3647  The Cosecant correction. 3647  Has anyone tried the 24/192 Benchmark DAC Pre? 3647  Probably, maybe, yes 3646  Benchmarking 3646  USB or do not USB? 3646  OK, some bobber really of USB. 3642  An audiophile grade server: The Linux Solution 3576  The Linux and a slightly misleading point of 3576  The digital audio future... 3576  Lynix vs. Windows files playing. 3575  Timing is everything 3574  The Asynchronously gifted Wavelength Audio DAC's 3574  The problem that I have with idea of USB DACing. 3574  The TDA1543 and the NOS sound 3574  Of TDA DAC chips and such 3573  Méfiez-vous... 3573  Newer NOS DAC chips??? 3573  High Quality Music Server / CD player 3567  Noise? Go optical... 3567  Of the vaguest specifications but, of course, the best intentions... 3567  The problems in the DAW's switching PS? 3567  High Quality Music Server / CD player 3567  The tongue was firmly planted in cheek. 3567  The problems in the DAW's switching PS? 3567  Yes and no. Still, it does not answer the question and PS. 3567  NOS and the highest quality Red Book reproduction 3566  Beyond the transport 3566  The media is the bitch. 3566  NOS and the highest quality Red Book reproduction 3566  Yes and no. Still, it does not answer the question and PS. 3566  Idea... 3566  Come on!!! 3566  Idea... 3566  MAC airport Express 3566  Saying it, I do aknowledge and understand... 3566  Saying it, I do aknowledge and understand... 3566  How to slow the CD readers. 3564  Computer CD readers were made to read data and not audio 3564  Putting the proper spin on it 3563  Extracting data from a CD 3499  Ten Questions about Computer Audio 3499  I disagree with Charles Hansen 3499  EAC, Mr. Hansen etc. 3499  Ripping and playback software is important 3498  External power supply for DAW 3462  The sonically approved computer powers supply? 3462  Commonality of power 3460  Home brewed power supply for music server 3460  I think it is different. 3460  The people who have to do it must do it. 3460  Best sounding version of iTunes 3387  "Official Response" 3387  A music player for iTunes 3386  Dem in Munich 3386  Amarra; I'll try it the day afta tomarra 3386  Must have been convincing 3386  Markus Hi 3386  Amarra : Supported Audio Formats and $ 3386  Jessie 3386  Thanks for the reply 3386  Computer transport 3385  The interface is the culprit 3385  Music servers pop like mushrooms 3385  The main cause of the inferior performance... 3385  PC grounding. 3384  Interfaces, interfaces 3384  Isolating a computer 3384  HDD sound vs CDP sound & NOS DACs 3384  NOS -> Acronym 3384  Not vintage 3384  NOS and filterless 3384  The PC interface 3382  The "custom-built" by dealers audio computers. 3376  Weiss AFI1 joined the Interface Club 3364  More about the AFI1 3364  The power supply in DAWs 3364  AFI1 now works 'properly' in dual-wire mode 3246  Good for Weiss! 3246  The sounds of silence; continued 3141  What is ST? 801  Lavry Digital wiki 801  Optimal Sample Rate. 801  Perfect or good 801  CD ripping 801  Less is more 800  USB 2.0 795  Computer Audio 785  Who cares what they think? 784  This is objective not subjective 783  If we are Rating, what are we rating? 783  USB 782  Computer/usb, cd transport/spdif 781  CEC TL0X vs Berkeley Alpha USB 728  Sure, but I doubt that anyone need to care about results besides you. 728  Audio CD -> Rip PCM (AIFF) -> Roon Player -> Apple Core -> Apple USB Driver -> Gordon USB Code (Berkeley) -> SPDIF -> DAC 727  CEC TL0X Berkeley USB to S/PDIF 722  Some updates 644  Computer vs TL0 644  Compress dynamic 643  My revision 639  BBB 607  Cd transport vs. computer 585  Very much opposite. 583  Re "The media is the bitch." 583  So many variables. 583  Custom MOBO. 583  Nope, it was not me. 583  A mistake then. 583  Musica Pristina. 583  Aurender N10 582  What is the problem with N10? 582  Musica Pristina 2. 582  N10 582  Please, elaborate. 581  N10 Review 581  Linux ALSA 571  OSS. 571  Alix2d2 567  Audiophile Linux. 567  Runeaudio 567  Rune Audio are just tweaks. 567  Runeaudio 567  Optimizations 566  NetBSD 566  The locus of intervention 565  There are other reasons. 565  Flac is not bit-perfect 563  Flac is just a contender. 562  Flac is bit-perfect 529  Anything add something to the total load of the pr... 529  Mpd config 529  The current mpd version is 0.20.6! 529  New MPD is written by C++ 529  Load. 529  Mpd config script 529  Is there any good digital designer? 519  More moronic blah blah? 519  Haha :-))) 518  Looking for a good external Power Supply 515  Simple and cheap 515  Purepower 3000 is on the way 515  Isolation is everything 515  PC Audio 167  Toslink might help 145  I dont think about it 145  AES67 109  Can you burn CD from Spotify? 82  Burn Spotify to CD 53  Dbpoweramp Ripping vary by different reading passes 15  Accuracy 15  EAC, CD/DVD drive 15  All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2018 All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts Last 24-hours posts:  1   Total human visitors:  22,622,490   Search the Site           Search Site Forum      Search Site via Google Login into Site Login: Pass:     Create a New Account     Forgot your Account Classical events in Boston AUG 17 Black Sheep Contempo» AUG 18 Rossini’s Petite Mes» AUG 19 Andris Nelsons, cond» AUG 20 Chamber Music» AUG 20 Borromeo String Quar» AUG 21 Ying Quartet» AUG 23 Landmarks Dance Carn» AUG 23 Schuberts Summer Jou» NPR Classical Programs exclusive first listen: hel» unearthing mendelssohn's lo» felix mendelssohn's 'scotti» felix mendelssohn's genius » love and lunacy: vivaldi's » composer, conductor lukas f» modern music sweep for clas» russian valentine: prokofie» Classical Music News anna christie» missing american maestros?» jaap takes charge: the wee» review: the jaap van zwede» 6 classical music concerts» a high-pressure countdown » royal opera house gets a $» megaphones up, the philhar» bizet’s home rehearses for» toronto symphony taps gust» into the higher world» new york philharmonic dism» garsington opera» calm before the season: th» where are all the american» 5 classical music faces to» 5 classical music concerts» harry gregson-williams to » review: ‘there will be blo» More Music News »» Composer's Anniversaries Lawes, William (1 May 1602» Grétry, André-Er» Klengel, Julius (24 Septem» Nelhybel, Vaclav (24 Septe» Panufnik, Sir Andrzej (24 » Haus, Karl (24 September 1» Waller, S.K. 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