AudioFan

I've search the CA website and the web and failed to find an answer so I apologize up front if it's been answered and I failed to find it. I have a PC (Win7 and WMP) and I'm trying out a Musical Fidelity headphone amp/DAC. No problem installing it and it's working fine (and sounds good too). What I'm trying to accomplish is if I'm playing music through a media player I'd like to listen via the headphones attached to the HPA. However, if I'm doing anything else on the PC and there's sound being generated I'd prefer to hear that sound through the PC's speakers. Is there a way to accomplish this? Is it possible to configure WMP to send music through the HPA but if I'm just surfing the web to have sound come through the PC's speakers? I thought maybe by just turning off the HPA I might get the result I'm looking for but unfortunately it just causes all sound to be muted. If I unplug the USB cable I do get the results I'm looking for but I guess I was hoping for something a little more elegant. Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Your website indicates "All changes made by the free version will revert back to normal after system restart". If the PC is restarted is the only way to optimize the PC again is to download the free version again or purchase the upgrade?

Please forgive me if this question has been answered before. I'm just reading about and researching Fidelizer for the first time. I can't seem to find which players work with Fidelizer or if it matters. Is it possible to play audio files with any player such as JRiver, Mediamonkey, WMP, RealPlayer, etc? I'm assuming, from what I've read, that the Windows environment is optimized and it doesn't matter which player is used.

I'm using Vista and Windows Media Player 11. I'm trying to rip CD to WAV format. I've set the ripping options to create WAV file and to write the wav file to the c:tempwav folder. I want to compare file size and sound quality. When I insert the CD the ripping process seems to start (I hear it start to spin up) but then it stops and the CD is ejected after a second or two. I have plenty of hard drive space. I've tried a couple of different CDs with same results. I'm having no trouble creating WMA lossless files. I've also tried using Windows 7 and WMP with the same results. No problem with WMA format but exact same results when trying to create WAV. UPDATE: I tried ripping two different CDs before posting this question and got the same result for both CDs. I just tried a different CD and was successful. Any suggestions why some CDs work and others don't?

Thanks. As you no doubt can tell by my question I'm very new to this. I didn't know if the speed of the data transfer happening wirelessly would affect the playback or cause any drop outs. Or is the speed of the NAS itself an issue? Should I look for a minimum RPM of 5400 or 7200? Are there any key features or functionality I should be looking for?So many questions.

I currently have a laptop running Vista connected to a pre/pro via USB. I'm using Windows Media Player as my playback software. All music was ripped to the laptop's harddrive. The laptop has access to the Internet via Linksys wireless router. This wireless router has ports for physical connection as well.<br /> <br /> I've continued to add CDs to the laptop and now I'm out of space.<br /> <br /> If I connect a NAS device to the Linksys I'm assuming I'll be able to see and access that NAS as a network drive from my laptop. Therefore, if my music files are stored on the NAS I'm also assuming that I can play that music just as if it were on the laptop's harddrive.<br /> <br /> Will this work? Will the music file data flow continuously and fast enough so that play back is uninterrupted? Will the quality of the sound degrade for any reason?<br /> <br /> I realize that I could just attach and external drive directly to the Laptop but there are other PCs in the house that could take advantage of the NAS as the source of all music files. <br /> <br /> Thanks for any feedback

I found a converter and plugged into the wall outlet, and grrrrr it didn't seem to work. But then I plugged the converter into the brickwall surge protector and it worked!!!!!! Genius. Thanks!!!!!!

I just purchased a new set of speakers. After connecting them to my system I noticed a high pitched tone or signal coming from the tweeters. If I unplug the USB cable from my laptop that connects it to my preamp/processor the signal goes away. If I leave the USB connected to the laptop but disconnect the power cord and leave the laptop running on battery the signal also goes away. The high pitched tone or signal sounds like morse code being transmitted from the tweeter. I was able to borrow a Chord 'Chordette Gem' DAC to see if it would have any effect or remove the high pitched sound. It actually made it worse. I could hear the signal across the room. And it added a single "thump" sound when the music started. I stopped the music and another "thump" occured about 30 seconds after the music had stopped. I immediately removed the Chordette from the system. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1525 running Vista. I've tried plugging the laptop into a couple of different surge protectors (Brickwall and Monster) and directly into the wall outlet. No change. Any ideas as to what's causing this and how I might remedy the situation would be much appreciated. Audiofan