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Mr_Sukebe

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  1. Cebolla, I'm not near the unit right now, so can't test it. According to Amazon, it's supports FLAC. As it also supports DD, that would imply that it can handle 24/96 PCM, but I've yet to confirm that. As for which media server to use on my PC, well that's my question. I was hoping that there might be some suggestions on here. I get the impression that XMBC, LMS and Jriver can act as a media server and allow the use of EQ filters, but I've yet to confirm that. Post that, I have no idea if the Firestick could stream from those media servers. I tried a WDTV and that could see a variety of servers, so maybe the Firestick can too?
  2. Hi, Hoping that you guys can advise. I have an Amazon Firestick plugged into my AV system. I'm intending to run DIRAC on a PC in a different room, and stream to the Firestick. My understanding is that DIRAC can create an EQ filter, that I can install into my media server. Question is, which media server would you recommend that will run on Windows and best support my requirements. Note that this is only for use with FLAC encoded music, all of which is already sat on hard drives within the same PC. The music is anything upto and including 24/192 software, so the server will need to cater for that. Thoughts?
  3. Rejects all? I've read the claims regarding a number of DACs. My own processor includes some form of triple buffering to attempt to eliminate and I still think it sounds better via the ethernet option, which avoids SPDIF completely. Sorry, bit off topic, just trying to understand other views on here.
  4. I'm sorry, I don't get that. If computers were incapable of sending digital data accurately, they wouldn't operate. I get that absolute analogue voltages representing that data may vary, but assuming you have a system capable of handling the tollerances, then it's irrelevant. Do tell if I'm wrong.
  5. Sorry, to better clarify my thoughts on jitter. My assumption is that pretty much any decent digital source is now "bit perfect". However, some believe that timing issues regarding the precise delivery of that data to a DAC will impact upon the final analogue waveform that's thrown out the back. The causes I've read for those timing issues could be anything from mechanical oscilation of circuits, to noise from PSUs, poor signal paths, RFI, etc etc. Question is how relevant people believe it is? Elsewhere I've read of some people believing that any decent DAC will now reclock. Other's that SPDIF and HDMI are the work of the devil.
  6. Quick question. Do some/all of the Aurender music servers have the capability to run DIRAC?
  7. Sorry, fairly new here. Clearly there's a number of much more technically minded persons on this forum than most "hi-fi" related forums. I'm curious about the views on here regarding digital jitter and the impact that a digital source can make on sound quality when outputting to say an external DAC. What's the general view? Elsewhere I've seen comments from "yes, of course it makes a difference", to "jitter is inaudible."
  8. As already suggested, go with 8GB of ram. Doesn't take a lot on a PC to mean it'll run out of physical memory and end up paging to your hard drive, which kills PC responsiveness. It's not an expansive thing to do and is probably the most important point on a laptop. An SSD drive would also be good, as it'll mean near instant switch on. My home PC boots to Windows8.1 in under 30 seconds easily from cold (most of that is the motherboard doing it's stuff), and closes in under 6 seconds. The other key point is to buy a decent brand. If not Apple, then a brand like Dell, Asus or Toshiba. Do avoid the cheap and nasty stuff like Acer.
  9. Some thoughts:861v - I'd be surprised if other interaces were as easy to use as the Sooloos one. Have seen a few and own an MC200. - Ref improving audio quality, probably dependant upon the speakers you use. If you're a DSP owner, might be worth checking out the latest SE mods. If you use amps and speakers from other brands, then I'm going to suggest that you consider an older 861v4 or if you have the cash an 861v6 or 8. Both have high quality dedicated DACs for running balanced power amps and both can use the ID40 or ID41 card, to enable linking to your MD600. In each case, it would make your MS600 superfluous (so you can sell it to fund the 861). Additionally, the 861 range includes what appears to be benign room correction, which in general I think is a good thing.
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