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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    well i,ve had a few day's trying to enjoy my PC based music - -- - - - and i,ve gone and bought an old Quad 34 preamp for refurb and upgrade :? dunno, can't nail it on a sentence - it's too digital - I know :oops: it's all in my head
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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    OK re loaded my EAC program and tried ripping again and it works i.e. scrap my tantrum above :rofl: FLAC with ASIO no issue - however using a lovely but "take no prisoners" track -Parce mihi domine by Jan Garbarek from album Officium The media jukebox version 14 without asio has that little...
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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    well it's all gone a bit :cry: looking fwd to coming home and enjoying some decent listening to what i,d ripped from my CD using EAC via media jukebox version 12 because it could do asio - and it doesn't accept the file format that EAC saved ( now I thought I was ripping ot FLAC - but it comes...
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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    Steve, thanks again - over the last 3 day's i,ve made great progress - mainly thanks to this forum, you guy's have taken the time and effort to help - where some other sights- hmm - best for the more advanced and knowledgable I do now need to take stock, go play with downloads - CD copies etc...
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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    yes, i,m learning this: OK so i,ve got a negative with respect to the Touch: unfounded due to lack of knowledge The Touch requires data to be transmitted wireless from the PC to the touch ? - soo is this a HQ method of data transfer - comparable to a wired solution - - basically whats going on...
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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    it all went a bit haywire last night and I got a new type of error induced sound, it was like a high frequency disc stuck in a scratch type error, but it was like the error was layered ontop of the track - all's ok today - I think it was the PC busy doing an upgrade or a security scan ( the wee...
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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    thank you - version 12 now loaded and ASIO4all now the driver - please apreciate my thank's,
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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    thanks I have been experimenting with mp3 - itune crushed recordings versus FLAC and it's a great test - basically compressed mp3 files are like going back to the mid 80's cd player quality a dead digital sound with no depth and horribly clipped - thanks - basically the old rule of crap in =...
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    introduction and basic HD digital audio to DAC advise apreciated

    Hi, - i,ve finally decided to enter the 21st century and am atempting to get a grasp of the basics involved in digital computer to external DAC audio Ok I like music, I don,t like computers :doh: so i,m hoping for a bit of advise and possibly direction to a source of imfo that is sutable for a...
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    Audiolab 8200CD white noise/distortion

    I also use the 8200CD - feeding a quad 33 to a 303 to ESL 63's - no issues when you unplug the USB cable other than you have to wait for the drivers to re load ( about 30sec.) every time you plug back in