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@ ron: if I had the problem in only one album, I would have called it. I was searching for Tom Waits, Jan Garbarek, Rolling Stones, Miles Davis, John Coltrane... All i get ist "Record not available". There is no possibility to buy music for the time.

i am living in germany and all i can get is "Record not available"... best, Uwe

@davidovada i bought a lot of highres files yesterday and tomorrow i got this offer... too late... But there are also some restrictions: i want to buy Officium Novum by Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble (ECM, 24/96): Cet article n'est pas encore disponible en téléchargement dans votre pays (GERMANY) / This article is not available in your country yet (GERMANY) :-( Best regards, Uwe

Audiolab M-DAC + M-PAX (available in 3 months)

@ davidovada: I am very impressed - nice offers and nice site! Best regards, Uwe

I got my M-DAC ten days ago and after the first listening i was disappointed - but some days of non-stop-playing later it's getting better and better. A lot of details, huge Soundstage, very good timing, deep bass, very "analog"... Now i am really satisfied. I think this type of organic capacitors needs a lot of burn-in-time. The M-Pax will be not only an PS upgrade, it will adds some analog inputs also and you can use your M-DAC as an analog + digital pre amplifier. There will be also an 24/192 galvanically isolated "transporter" in the future. The M-Pax and the transporter are branded as "Lakewest" - these are not audiolab products. Best regards, Uwe

Hi Peter, that's the way John Westlake (Audiolab / Lakewest) will realise his new "24/192 transport": The USB transport is connect clock-locked to the DAC (Audiolab M-DAC) via two Optical connections (one for SPDIF DATA - galvanically isolated - and the second for clock lock) and an IR Bus link cable: http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=112125&page=16 Best regards, Uwe

Hi koogook, if you want to go with the "transporter" for 24/192 you don't need something else (no hiface ore audiophilleo...). The PSU adds two more analog inputs - thats why you can use it as a simple pre amplifier too. Uwe

The Transporter and a new PSU (M-PAX) for the MDAC are products from Westlake's own Brand "Lakewest". A Power Amplifier (class a) will follow... :-)

Hi koogook, there will be a "24/192-Transport" for the MDAC in the future (designed by John Westlake). The Transport is connect Clock-locked to the MDAC via two Optical connections (One for SPDIF DATA - galvanicilly isolated - and the Second for Clock Lock) and an IR Bus Link cable: http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=112125&page=16 Best regards, Uwe

I am using a brand new MacBook Pro (late 2011) and i also have "the clicking"... I think, its not only a problem with DSD files. John Westlake at pinkfishmedia.net: "I'm afraid your problem was caused by the EFI update. I have come across a handful of computers whose isochronous USB transfers were broken, ie. the packets occasionally arrived truncated at a power-of-2 lengths which wreaked a havoc in our USB Audio device by misrepresenting sample boundaries and the result was a nasty static on the output. Having met with this problem, I added a check in the software that can detect whenever there were any incomplete samples received and if so, reset the whole buffer and indicate error. This is sadly a USB host controller fault and it affects our USB Audio device just as any other - I have verified this on the affected computer using a different USB Audio chip. I would perhaps try connecting it through a USB hub as a last resort, otherwise I'm afraid you have to hope Apple will fix the issue soon." What can we do??? Uwe

This is what John Westlake (audiolab) said about these clicks: "The "Clicking" your hearing via USB I suspect is due to USB transmission errors from your MAC Mini. A recent F/W change seems to have introduced the issue to the MAC Book Air - so I wonder if it’s the same case for the MAC Mini... This indicates a “USB framing error” - the MAC USB host controller is dropping USB frames - in the case of the Mac book Air - a recent Firmware update has introduced this issue... CDQ is receiving corrupted Data – theirs nothing it can do (but advise you of the issue). Most DAC users would not be aware - as they don’t have the hardware to indicate the error.... rather it is just "concealed" John"

Hi hudja, you can ask the developer of the audiolab directly in this forum: http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=108045&page=50 You will get an answer very quickly. Uwe

Hi Bill, the Audiophilleo supports Integer Mode (Audirvana, BitPerfect...), the JK doesn't (like all other M2Tech-based products). If you will stay with MacOS X 10.6, the Audiophilleo could be the better choice. Best regards, Uwe

said something like this in the 60th: "The record player is the most important part of your system. If things get lost at the beginning you can't get them back at the end." I think all parts of a system are important - quality depends on the weakest part. But this is another discussion and out of topic ;-) Greetings from Berlin Uwe