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  1. I checked out Clockwork Angels in SeeDeclip. Turns out to be very heavily clipped - e.g. 4777 clips in the last track. Sounds much better after de-clipping, but still seems a bit compressed.
  2. Any computer is OK for ripping - but a modern PC with a fast processor will do the job more quickly. It's a digital process and power supply noise doesn't come into the equation.
  3. I don't think it matters which optical output you use. Can you hear any difference between outputs?
  4. I'm sure products like the UnitiServe are well-packaged turnkey solutions for computerphobes, but anyone that browses this site has to go for a Mac or PC-based system.
  5. Is anything actually wrong with the PC? I always categorise registry cleaners alongside colonic irrigation - unnecessary and potentially dangerous.
  6. I'd rather live with worse SQ than commit heretical acts that go against my "bits are bits" religion! If it did sound better I'd never sleep again until I understood why...
  7. I can understand the microphony argument for isolation of analogue equipment, but something is seriously wrong if it makes a difference under a PC or Mac.
  8. 1. Yes - think of the V-Link as a piece of cable that just passes through whatever frequencies it receives 2. Yes - if your DAC has asynchronous inputs (e.g. async USB) then you don't need a V-Link
  9. 1. Yes 2. Nothing - V-Link is limited to 96/24 maximum
  10. OK, I understand the "future-proofing" concerns. Just think you could save a world of driver pain by going for a 32-bit/4GB system. Try starting up Win 7's Resource Monitor (part of Task Manager/Performance Monitor) and see how much physical memory you are actually using. I guess it would be the same story for the secondary USB card - audio bandwidths are a fraction of USB's.
  11. Async converter is the way to go. It won't interfere with the data but will fix the clock jitter...
  12. Interested in why you want to run Windows 7 in 64-bit mode rather than 32-bit mode? Do you need more than 4GB address space?
  13. The SPDIF and the USB outputs are driven by the same clock circuit in the PC and will both suffer from similar amounts of jitter. I don't know whether your Atlantic Tech DAC or the V-DAC is more jitter resistant. You could reduce the jitter to either and improve SQ using a V-Link between the PC and DAC, which has asynch USB input. I use JRiver Media Center for playback and find it excellent.
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