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  1. See the site: Download Winamp Media Player - Free MP3, Video, and Music Player - Winamp Does anyone know the back-story?
  2. Spacey - I think you're taking my comments personally and I don't mean to have questioned your speaker selection methodology. There are more than enough options and combinations out there to suit any need.
  3. aaa - At your volume I agree!
  4. Most folks have a mountain of previous purchases that need to be converted - essentially a one-time need once the conversion of the catalog is complete. Then after that catch-up you only need to convert new purchases. My take is that a CD ripping service fits the need perfectly. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=cd+ripping+service
  5. Don't get me wrong, I see the advantages of active systems and have even designed professional editing environments around them. There are some outstanding active systems out there. But for my personal systems I prefer a non-black-box solution that allows me to optimize each of the components. I want to know if the internal amplifier is A, AB, or D. I want to know what equalization might be going on inside the cabinet; analog or digital. I want to know if there's a digital EQ involved, and whether it's 32 bit, floating point, etc.
  6. You're correct. I did some research and found that, for iPod hardware platforms, files that are not already 16/44.1 are down-sampled to 16/44.1.
  7. I agree. Mr. Harley posited that the attenuation provided by the volume calculations in the DAC software would sound better than the attenuation provided by the analog preamplifier. Depending on the variables involved that might not be the case.
  8. I haven't read the book, but I'm going to have to disagree with Mr. Robert Harley based upon your description. He's correct that eliminating the preamplifier will remove a piece of physical equipment - a good thing. But he hasn't factored in the addition of a new piece of equipment: Math. Using a digital volume control in the DAC at anything other than 100% will introduce rounding artifacts that easily constitute a weak link if not executed properly in the software.
  9. I may be wrong, but I believe the Rockbox OS upgrade for the iPod will handle FLAC and high sample/bit rates.
  10. Generally speaking, I would not recommend a powered speaker where the goal is to optimize sound quality. Low-to-mid-priced powered speakers allow us to solve for an efficiency, logistic, or economic issue - And high-end "pro-audio" versions tend to follow the same goals - albeit mostly with a better result; the groundbreaking Meyer HD-1, for example. The nature of the setup, where the amplifier cannot be separated from the speaker, prevents you from testing the quality of either component individually. (And when we can't test, how do we know) In addition, marketing literature and user manuals are under no obligation to reveal the sample depth, sample frequency, amplifier class, and any other measure you might need to make a decision if the components were offered separately. I'm hearing a phase shift and a mid frequency bump. Is it the: A. a poorly designed analog crossover? B. the low-quality DA converter ahead of the class D switching amplifier? C. a resonance from the cabinet? D. EQ software designed to make the speaker sound better? E. all of the above? If you're optimizing for sound quality I would recommend against a powered speaker.
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