peterLBR

I recently "upgraded" from James River MC15 to MC16. I use the software only for audio purposes, so the main reason for upgrading was the claimed improvement in sound quality. According to JR, this improved audio quality is due to a new "64-bit sound engine with floating point(??) which should be several millions times more accurate than the 32-bit sound engine of the MC15".I suppose something that much "more accurate" should result in "better sound". Well, playing music via my M2Tech Young DAC into a pretty good stereo-set, my ears tell me something different. I can easily swap back and forth between MC15 and MC16. With all settings exactly the same (output mode Wasapi Event Style, "play from memory", buffering, prebuffering, no DSP and so on) and reading the same (DB PowerAmp Reference) ripped CD from the same disc drive, I feel MC15 sounds superior. Via my stereo and to my ears at least, music via MC16 sounds "colder", "thinner" and more "mechanical" than via MC15. Quite the opposite of what I would expect! I would be quite interested to hear about the experience of other MC15/MC16 users! What do you feel/hear? Peter LBR

Hallo David, Thanks for your reply! I checked it out and wound that within Windows there is an incremental backup function. As Windows (7) will be on my new PC anyway, that would definitely be the easiest route. As to the external harddisc - I'm leaning now towards e-sata as it is the fastest - and the noise it (potentially) creates; isn't is an option to just have it in operation when making the (incremental) backup (once per week), and have it switched off or unplugged when listening to music (most nights)? PeterLBR

Hi there, I just placed an order for a new (high end) PC with a sound-insulated case, plenty of hard disc space (2TB), everything as quiet as possible etc, meant for "general" purposes as well a for audio purposes: I intend to put all my CD's on it and hi-res downloads as well. And of course I need to buy a USB-DAC, but that's another can of worms. In order to prevent my music from becoming "lost" by accident or a hard-disc crash, I think it's wise to have a back-up of all music files. Now, there are external "E-SATA" harddisks, external USB hard disks,NAS-boxes and what have you. Is there any audible - or otherwise - difference between these various forms of data back-up? My computer retailer tells me that a simple external USB hard disk is good enough; I only would need to manually enter a "back-up" order, once a week or so, which would be fine with me. Any advice from somebody who knows is much appreciated! PeterLBR