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  1. Well, it isn't clear to me how this might pan out, but, what if there was an API that music players (J River, Foobar etc) could use to match to iCloud. This could match your lossless content to mobile versions. Your lossless files are still available when you are at home listening to the 'proper' system and all of your music is a click away when you're out. Well worth $24.99. <br /> <br /> BUT, and I suspect this may have escaped some, format shifting is still technically illegal in the UK. Thus I suspect that iTunes Match won't be available in the UK until the law changes.
  2. That's me, quick off the mark and on the ball! Glad its going well. I have the Arros too, and I love them. Great sounding, physics defying and they look good enough to be allowed in the house (WAF). N
  3. Hi there, Have you set J River to WASAPI Event Style. I am using MC16 with event style and all is good with my RDAC! I had similar issues and also used ASIO4ALL until finding that switch. The mains adapter is poor and can also contribute to interference - either a Pardo replacement or at the very least a mains conditioner is mandatory. I changed the kitchen lighting as it was causing noise on my mains supply - only noticeable from the rDac! Nick
  4. But I actually just spent some time listening to some music via my RDAC. I liked it. I noticed no changes to the way it sounded from when I bought it, it was clear and structured with everything I played on it, (well maybe not early Soft Machine, but, well...). It does what I wanted and expected. What I would like to see now is a replacement for the Windows 7 generic drivers for some tailored ones. Hopefully allowing me to play even higher resolution files using USB. What I wanted was a fit and forget solution that let's me listen and not have to abx all the time. Incessant tweaking is born of dissatisfaction. No tweaking required, it just works.
  5. I entirely agree with the previous comment. Stay, inform, be informed and share. You have contributed to this forum and it would be poorer without you. You just need to decide if you will be poorer without it.
  6. Not sure why you think that I said that anyone was wrong. I am more than happy to respect people's opinions and their right to hold them. I was just looking to see what the reasons were behind the arguments. Isn't that the point of a forum? Yes, I did get what I wanted, some reasoned thinking about how people reached the conclusions they did. I am very grateful for the helpful and considered responses I received. I do not have to share the opinions of all of the posters but I sincerely hope that the discussion will help many silent readers to make up their own minds. As far as I am concerned, providing my music is audible enough, I am happy. The trick is identifying the line that is 'enough'. The reproduction should always be secondary to the music.
  7. Hi Andrew, I am not sure I have experienced the same issues you have, however, it is possible that the difficult period you encountered happened whilst my RDac was in use for TV sound. Our musical repetoire is also different to the music that seems to have highlighted the issue for you. Obviously the kind of listening that you do during this window of burn in lower quality is irrelevant- provided the sound returns to as good, or better than it was. I will keep listening and let you know any changes.
  8. This is all very interesting, although I haven't had time to get it working yet. It looks to me like Windows users could do with a someone writing a new USB device driver, which combines the functionality of Reclock and Theyscon USB Driver to get full power from a USB DAC but with a choice of playback software. Ideally they could also decide between bit perfect or as good as possible but with software volume. I have no idea if this is possible but I would be willing to pay for it, and I suspect others would too. Whealsie Sussex UK
  9. Hi Chris There is a Twonky plugin on Netgear ReadyNAS Duo. It is optional though as it has it's own DLNA plugin which does the same job for free.
  10. When ripping, I always set the preferences of the ripping tool to create files with a naming convention. Therefore EAC does a look up, identifies the album and writes the Track number into the file name. EG '4. My Song' it should also write the track number into the tags, but this will depend on the format you rip to. I am sure you don't want to re-rip all of your files, so you could see if you can add the track number column to the view in Foobar. You can then sort by clicking on the header of the column. If the track tags are missing, JRiver Media Center seems to have very powerful media organisation engine. It will tag everything and then (if you want) reorganise the folder structure to follow the tags. Better yet it removes all of the resulting empty folders. You can do all of your files within 30 days and it won't cost you a bean... Although I think its pretty good value for money anyway so worth paying for. Good luck
  11. Hi Chris, great site you have put together here, it is fast becoming a crucial resource. Many thanks. for the Quattro I could use: DNLA Shared Folders on JRiver: DLNA, Shared Folders Mapped Drives UNC path I prefer it the way round I have it. DLNA for the Quattro and Mapped Drives for JRiver. I was curious as to which way people set up their NAS boxes. It seems that we all just get on with it whichever way is convenient and assume that they are equal. I just wonder if they are? (Bits are bits again?) Kind regards Whealsie - Sussex, UK
  12. Ok so I have a NAS and all is working well with a mapped drive in my main system. My question is triggered by my Tangent Quattro in the dining room. I have connected this to the DLNA server on the NAS. It plays flacs just fine too. My question "what is better, DLNA or mapped drive?" What do you use?
  13. Hi Chris Looking forward to reading your thoughts. Doubtless you have more comparisons to make. I didn't audition my rdac before I bought it, but if I had, I would have bought it without hesitation.
  14. I expect that you have already found this out, but I thought I'd post it anyway, in case anyone else needed to know. WASAPI works on Arcam RDAC as long as you set the DSP output to 24 bit. There is no need to change the buffering or upsample (leave as source). No need for ASIO. Hope this helps W.
  15. I have never done this on a mac, but i have dual booted operating systems on pcs. If you load Windows7 using bootcamp, you have both a mac and a windows machine. You can set up either to play your music and compare the two. There is nothing to lose except disk space. But. When you load one OS you normally cannot see data on the other. You should therefore ideally separate the data somewhere else on the network. Ideally something that uses low power and can contain everything you want (music, pictures, films, documents etc). A NAS would fit the bill nicely and would normally have a DLNA server built in to allow iTunes / Jriver / media monkey to share the content. I have a Netgear RedyNas duo in exactly this configuration and it works fine. I have also got it automatically backing up all of my data to a USB drive and it makes my printer accessible from anywhere too. I hope this helps. Good luck.
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