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  1. http://nadelectronics.com/articles/The-M2---Future-of-Amplification Technologies such as this amp show that the trend is to keep the signal digital for as long as possible. 1st the DAC was inside the CD player. Second the DAC is standalone. Now 3rd the DAC is starting to move from the standalone to the amplifier. Something tells me that the amplifier will probably be the best and last spot for the DAC given that the only next step is the speaker itself. If you have DA conversion in the speaker, you have to have amplification in the speaker as well. Convenient from a physical standpoint, but technologically messy. DA conversion, amplification and transducer all in one would entail compromises to have all 3 functions in 1 location. CD
  2. If you have hi rez WAVs,like greater than 44.1/16, be careful when converting. I believe there was a bug in earlier version of iTunes that, if you decided you wanted your 96/24 WAV to be an AIFF, iTunes would accidentally downgrade it to 44.1/16 instead of making it a 96/24 AIFF. Not sure if that has been addressed or not as my library is all 44.1/16 CD
  3. ....called iTunes;) Customize your view......check the box marked kind. I used to use it to mass convert several hundreds of lossless files to LAME MP3s all in one fell swoop. Very convenient. This was back in the day with iTunes 6 which had an optional LAME MP3 plugin. CD
  4. I should note that he hasn't parted with his 901s yet either. ...that he couldn't give them away if he tried? Since someone mentioned Advents, I just had to pipe in and mention my admiration for the late Henry Kloss. He seems to have been ignored in his later years. At least Stereophile took note of his passing. I used to own a pair of Cambridge Soundworks Tower IIs. Perfect, they were not, but they introduced higher quality sound to the masses. I still miss them. Some would say that the Tower series was the last great speaker he produced. On a more positive note, I do Love Bose..........in the car. Their slogan should be: Compromise audio engineering perfect for a compromise audio environment:) CD
  5. Trusted old Power Mac G4 running iTunes. It looks like the power supply finally bit the dust. So I fired up iTunes on my other PowerMac, pointed it to the backup of my library, imported all library playlists, and voila. All back up and running. It was only about 1 hour of downtime for my relatively small 80 gb library with 0% data loss. Apple software and Carbon Copy Cloner. It.....just.......works:) CD
  6. you ARE an old guy if you remember that PS/2 was an actual computer:) You ARE an old guy if you know what an 8-track cassette is:) CD
  7. Like others have suggested, changing your speaker position, even only slightly, can alter the tonal balance presented to the listener. Before the equalizer, before changing cables, before any of that, try moving your speakers just a tad backward toward the rear wall. Always leave your tone controls completely flat or disabled if possible. In my expereince when my speaker was too bright in the room, I could move the speaker backwards 1 to 2 inches to provide a better balance. Once you have found the perfect spot in the room, you will find that if you need EQ, you will tend to use it sparingly, like +2 db in treble, -1 db in bass etc. If you apply +6 or more db of eq/tone control boost, then your speakers still have not found their ideal spot. CD
  8. ....I probably would not have known the great musical genius of Etta James. Her music was rich and powerful with emotional energy, and her voice conveyed that energy with strength and delicacy. CD
  9. .....is bound to be better than 24/192 done so so. Just because a device supports a higher sample rate doesn't make it better. I suspect that the Pioneer engineers for that AVR decided do to that 24/96 DAC right, with a good jitter attentuation and and reasonably well implemented analog stage. CD
  10. Spend $700 on a DAC. Or spend $500 on a DAC and $200 on a jitterbuster, like the Monarchy DIP. Jitter is the primary enemy to good sounding digital audio. Apple devices like the airport express are notoriously jittery. I'm sure that the appleTV2 is no exception. This site is all about getting the best out of computer audio and with all the equipment you've specified, you're well on your way to a good starter system. I suggest starting with iTunes. It has the best interface to access all your music. Of course there are other like Jriver and foobar, but iTunes is the simplest, and it sounds good too. A computer based music systems enables you to fully access ALL your CDs instantly, right from your fingertips. The CD player is dead. Let it go, man:) CD
  11. ...isn't the fact that iTunes is the defacto music management software for most audiophiles good enough of a contribution to the computer audiophile? <br /> <br /> And if iTunes isn't good enough, there's PureMusic....which piggybacks off of iTunes. <br /> <br /> And if that's not good enough, there's Amarra......which also piggybacks off of iTunes.<br /> <br /> Stereophile had a report showing how you could get decent bit perfect sound out of iTunes, an Airport Express and the Benchmark DAC1.<br /> <br /> Yeah, I think audiophiles will definitely miss Steve Jobs.<br /> <br /> CD
  12. I believe it's by Röyskopp. It's an upbeat, jazzy hip-hop tune. It could be used as an accompanying soundtrack as you remember all the good things Steve Jobs has brought to the world through computer technology. CD
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