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Hi Gordon, Thanks for all the information about the Proton. Really appreciate you sharing all this information. While I was doing some more readings and giving it some thought, I found out from the the Stereophile website that you are coming up with the WaveLink. I decided to hold off my plans to purchase a Proton. The Wavelink might be the ideal solution for me as my Cyrus DAC-X already have a good synergy with my existing system. So instead of buying the Proton *blind* (I'm overseas with no access to a demo) to get hold of your async USB implementation, I'd probably wait for the Wavelink. In the meantime, I'd be getting an Apple TV to get started on using a computer as a source and enjoy the music. -J

Hi, I've seen several conflicting posts indicating that they've got (or not) 24/96 out of the Apple TV when the files reside on its hard drive. In fact, I also read a post in a forum that it can do 24/96 when streaming from a Windows PC by changing some settings on Quicktime. I'm not quite sure if these things are indeed correct. I'm hoping someone has tried something out. -J

Any updates? Does the ATV output 24/96 when files are stored on its internal drive?<br />

Been lurking around the web but couldn't get a definite answer. Does the Apple TV output 24/96 data on its optical output if the hi-res music files are stored locally on its hard drive? Is this feature specific to a particular version of the ATV? If yes, does it mean that all I have to do is sync the 24/96 files via iTunes on my laptop or do I need to follow a different procedure? -J

Thanks Chris! I've actually read through your article and all the comments posted. As a matter of fact, I'm using it as a framework to develop my ripping methodology that will address my personal goals. As such I am doing some trials including the suggestions of those who made comments to your article and understand the various implications. By the way, thanks for writing the article and this site - it's a big help for people who are just starting like myself. -J

Can I assume then that the Proton does not perform any upsampling?

Hi, I'm trying to do trials to begin my ripping my CDs. One method I'm looking at is to use iTunes to rip CDs and store them as AIFF files. I've tried this method and it worked well with iTunes i.e. album, artist, etc info are displayed. When I opened the files in Foobar2000, I can't see the metadata from the AIFF files. Is there anything else that I need to do to make it work? or are there known problems with any of the software I'm using: iTunes 9.0.1.8 & Foobar2000 v0.9.6.9 on Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. -J

Thanks for all the information above. Hope you guys won't mind I have a few more questions: * If I'd prefer to connect the DAC via a pre-amp, is there a way to disable the computer volume control facility and get a fixed line output? If not, would there be an optimal set-up with respect to the computer volume control and preamp ? (I believe Chris mentioned he had the computer volume control at 90%) * What are the chances that the potentially speaker damaging noise will happen? What are the possible causes? Will I be able to stop it immediately if I take out the USB cable from the computer (it's gonna be within very close proximity from where I will be sitting)? * I've tried to look for more information on the Proton with regards it will handle the input signal after the TAS1020B but can't find any. I understand from Wavelength's site that the other DACs have different DAC chips. In the case of the Proton, which chip is doing the digital-to-analog conversion? Is this an upsampling DAC? -J

Nope...my question is connecting it directly to a power amp. Connecting it to a pre-amp is obviously possible.

Hi all, I find this site very interesting as I've been starting to play around with my computer as a source. Found the Wavelength Proton on the web and was thinking if it can directly drive a power amplifier (specifically a spare Plinius P10 I have) with acceptable results. I have read the review of Chris on this product but I'm not quite sure if it had acceptable results when it was directly connected to his mac (the amp). Regards, -J