Recent content by mitchellhatpeg

Many thanks both for your helpful responses. I think I will go ahead and get a DAC and try out JRiver. I have signed up for the free sampler from HD tracks to see how the sound quality stacks up against my Quad CDP2 (plus Temple Audio Gold power amp, Spendor SA1s and REL sub).

Many powered USB hubs also do not work with ios devices and the camera connection kit...I know this from personal experience...they are not all the same. Far better to use an IOS compatable DAC in the first place and avoid adding something else into the signal path, particularly if it is a cheap...

I would say that a 500 watt amp to drive normal speakers would be a total waste of power. I run Spendor SA1s, with only 85 dB per watt efficency with a 25 watt amp, and it will go louder than comfortable for my ears with no distortion. The amp is a Temple Audio Bantam Gold which, unlike other...

If you fancy 768kHz oversampling...try this...http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S/7534f.htm. The Beresford Caiman Mk ii is a DAC, pre-amp, headphone amp I have been looking at myself...having dificulty choosing between it and the iFi nano idsd...former has a pre-amp but more restricted file...

Hi Chris, it sounds like you and I are in a similar position. I have done a lot of research on DACs that are compatible with iPads, and very few are, as they use the USB input as a power source. If it draws more than 0.5 watts, your ios device will reject it. iFi's nano idsd claims to be ios...

I have an excellent CD playing system but feel, after more than 30 yrs in HiFi, I am missing out on discovering new artists, and perhaps hearing music that is better than CD. (I started with a Rega/Cyrus/Linn vinyl playing system, and CDs sounded better to me, when I had the hearing to know the...